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> A compromise was to give managers a minimum of seven direct reports This might be dumb but what is the industry standard here? I mostly see teams of up to 5
by kanox 6y ago
> A compromise was to give managers a minimum of seven direct reports
This might be dumb but what is the industry standard here?
I mostly see teams of up to 5 people under "tech lead" who spends >50% coding and maybe ~20 people under a "manager" who spends almost no time coding.
Maybe what this policy means is >= 7 people under a lead? Because 7 people per manager does not sound very flat.
- lumost 6y agoCoding time will start nose diving at 2 direct reports. Providing proper support to 4-5 direct reports will effectively drop coding time below 25%, at which point you might as well go to 0% for the impact 25% coding time will provide. There are exceptions to the above depending on how independent the team is, or how stringent the deadlines are.