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Well I have a massive advantage in being the sole owner as well as boss of my business. This does tend to change your perspective on what is important. You do
by danieltillett 10y ago
Well I have a massive advantage in being the sole owner as well as boss of my business. This does tend to change your perspective on what is important.
You do raise why most manager are not so devoted to the bottom line - it is not their business. Who do you hire - the older employee that will make the business a ton of money, or the young employee who will do as they are told and make the manager's life easy?
- mistermann 10y agoIn my experience, not only is it not their business, many middle managers are actively hostile to anyone who is working in the the best interests of the business, as that interferes with their ability to extract value from the business and put it into their own pockets in various different ways.
- danieltillett 10y agoYes the principle-agent problem has yet to be solved [1]. I wish I had a solution other than keeping the company small and the shareholders involved as managers. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal–agent_problem https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal–agent_problem
- Arizhel 10y agoWouldn't having regular communications between workers and the manager's boss help here? If the manager's boss is only hearing from the managers directly below him, obviously he's going to get a skewed perspective.