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What do bosses do all day? The shocking truth...
- vipivip 15y agoWell all I know is some bosses get paid in the tune of millions while companies they run perform poorly every quarter.
- signa11 15y agojust amazing "....But not every boss thinks he needs more time for thinking. 'You can hire McKinsey to do that for you,' says one."
- jinushaun 15y agoSimple: The higher up the chain you are, the more meetings you attend. It's not unusual for managers to have their entire day filled with meetings.
- dazzawazza 15y agoThis article talks about Italian bosses. It would be interesting to compare bosses across the top 8 (or so) economies across different sectors and business sizes.
- jarin 15y agoWhile I don't doubt that CEOs work a lot, I wouldn't trust the accuracy of this study all that much. The CEOs knew their activity was being recorded by their assistants, so it likely affected their behavior. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect
- curtin 15y agoNot very shocking if you ask me.
- OstiaAntica 15y agoDon't forget, upper management's often unwarranted high pay is in part to incentivize the broad ranks of hopeful middle management.
- pstack 15y agoMy boss sends out desperate emails to the team all day, using goofy platitudes like "we can do this - let's drive our main focus" and "focus and execute", to get us to keep him from losing his job in a top-heavy company with too many managers.