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When a middle manager is removed, all the communication goes to the most senior member of the team instead keeping that person from being able to actually get t
by brightball 5y ago
When a middle manager is removed, all the communication goes to the most senior member of the team instead keeping that person from being able to actually get things done.
The middle manager's time is a lot less expensive in most cases.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoThose aren't middle managers. Removing a middle manager entails an existing end line manager reporting to someone higher up.
- j4yav 5y agoA middle manager should have managers reporting to them, not ICs.
- closeparen 5y agoStaff+ engineers generally report to middle managers, and are expected to work across that middle manager’s subordinate teams. In upper management it might be one very senior “right hand.” In the lower tranches of middle management there will be more and more hands-on technical-track leaders.