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4. Middle managers are going to do something with their days. Once the growth frenzy stops and they're longer occupied by procuring and filling headcount, they
by closeparen 6y ago
4. Middle managers are going to do something with their days. Once the growth frenzy stops and they're longer occupied by procuring and filling headcount, they go the next thing they know, implementing systems of surveillance ("accountability") and control ("alignment").
- jgeada 6y agoThat is a brilliant take on middle management!
- sesuximo 6y agoSome middle managers also serve as individual contributors
- kubanczyk 6y agoOr, in short, "middle managers gotta middle manage".
- kochikame 6y agoI hate the word “alignment” with a passion. It never means “let’s do things in a coordinated and mutually beneficial way”. It always means “you will do the thing that I want you to do, or the way I want you to do it”. Weasel word, if ever there was one.