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I think we agree in principle, just different understanding of how to count levels. Based on the article, a company with a boss and one employee is two levels (
by chadash 7y ago
I think we agree in principle, just different understanding of how to count levels. Based on the article, a company with a boss and one employee is two levels ("With only two levels, a boss and those who report to the boss..."). So for 100,000 people, with average 10 employees per manager:
1 Big Boss (Level 1)
10 (Level 2)
100 (Level 3)
1000 (Level 4)
10000 (Level 5)
100000 (Level 6)
That's six levels. In practice, some people will have more than 10 and some less, but unless the people under you are doing menial work, I think 10 is probably middle of the road.
- Misdicorl 7y agoFair enough if you want to include the one person level. It seems rare that any large company uses a structure like that though
- Aperocky 7y agoThe math stop checking out at level 4. You have level 5 managers managing 10 each, and you have level 4 managers managing 10 teams each? That stops checking out. The higher you go the more disciplined you have to be about grouping relating teams under the same umbrella for efficient execution. In fact, the levels don't matter as much as the autonomy at each level. The more autonomy, provided that the right people are hired and are focused on the goal, makes it better and less managerial burden going up the chain.