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I'm just describing a phenomenon I've seen at large companies, i.e. 10% of the people do all the work. The other 90% spend their time attending meetings, writi
by dpapathanasiou 18y ago
I'm just describing a phenomenon I've seen at large companies, i.e. 10% of the people do all the work.
The other 90% spend their time attending meetings, writing memos, and otherwise looking busy but not actually adding value.
- ojbyrne 18y agoI think that attending meetings and writing memos are work. Startups do eventually grow beyond the startup phase, and nobody has figured out a better way to manage large companies than bureaucracy. Middle managers, memos, interminable meetings...
- dpapathanasiou 18y agoYou're right, organization and management are important. It's just that there are so few good managers; at all the large companies where I worked, it was an open secret who was contributing and who was just taking up space. The majority was in the latter category.
- ojbyrne 18y agoA large part of good management is figuring out who is contributing and who is taking up space and taking the required action ;-).
- dpapathanasiou 18y agoUnless, of course, you realize that you are one of the needless managers and do everything you can to hold on to your nice salary and benefits...