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Yes, I've seen this numerous times as well. I call it "vanity hiring". "My department needs 12 new headcount because the other department is getting 10". The s
by cookiecaper 6y ago
Yes, I've seen this numerous times as well. I call it "vanity hiring". "My department needs 12 new headcount because the other department is getting 10".
The sad thing is that you often have to play the game defensively -- I've seen semi-decent organizations end up consumed by the 80% overweight departments because bigger departments end up with all the advantages just as a function of their size, even if they're almost completely worthless. Have to keep pace with the useless hiring just so they can't say "well it's our smallest group, only 5 guys", etc.
- pengaru 6y ago> I call it "vanity hiring". It already has a name; empire building
- cookiecaper 6y agoI see "empire building" as a larger campaign. In some cases, vanity hiring is really just vanity hiring, motivated by noting more than the impulse not to let your peer's headcount pull significantly ahead of your own.
- xnyan 6y agoI think you could argue it already has a more general name; individual self interest. The peak headcount you’ve managed or directred has a pretty direct impact on the level of manigeiral roles you are in contention for.