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In theory the Team Leader could fire the other devs in the tribe (even senior ones, just not the Tech Leader). In practice it appears that the Tech Leader has a
by soneca 7y ago
In theory the Team Leader could fire the other devs in the tribe (even senior ones, just not the Tech Leader). In practice it appears that the Tech Leader has a lot of influence in firing a dev. In case of disagreement, the last word, I assume, would be from someone higher up (the CTO).
- nilkn 7y agoIf a C-level executive officer would be involved in a decision to fire a low-level developer, am I right in assuming the company was quite small? As companies get bigger, firing power and other forms of authority cannot stay concentrated only in the executive suite -- it's just not sustainable or scalable.
- soneca 7y agoIt had around 500 people, I believe around 90 developers. There was a Engineering Manager too, I believe that would be the final word actually. But see that I am talking about "last word"; if a Team Leader and a Tech Leader disagree in a decision to fire someone. If both of them agrees, it doesn't scale up