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In my experience, the person you're asking for permission is a middle manager, who will almost certainly see your request as more power for them and less power
by billysielu 8y ago
In my experience, the person you're asking for permission is a middle manager, who will almost certainly see your request as more power for them and less power for you, aka office politics. The minute they give you what you want, you don't need them any more, which is less power for them, so why would they do it? Professionalism? pfft!
- dpark 8y agoAre you misusing the term “middle management” to mean the bottom-level managers? Or are you saying that most requests for permission are going 3 levels up? Most requests for permission are probably going to direct managers at the bottom because that’s who most employees report to. I can’t imagine taking every request to my director. He’d ask me why I’m wasting his time and tell me to do my job.
- billysielu 8y agoNo I'm not misusing the term. I'm not at the bottom.