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Maybe it’s just because I’m a teleworking middle manager, but I’ve never understood this argument that telework threatens middle management. Middle management d
by outsidetheparty 4y ago
Maybe it’s just because I’m a teleworking middle manager, but I’ve never understood this argument that telework threatens middle management. Middle management doesn’t magically become unnecessary when employees are working from home instead of the office — if anything it’s _more_ important when everyone isn’t in the same physical location picking up their direction by osmosis.
- jayd16 4y agoNot every manager is Dilbert's Pointy Haired Boss but some people just have that impression.
- marcosdumay 4y agoNot every manager is Dilbert's PHB, but some are. And you can bet the pressure to go back to the office for tasks that don't require an office mostly comes from those.
- jonathankoren 4y agoBut middle management doesn’t make these decisions. Decisions that effect the whole company come from the C-Suite.
- greedo 4y agoOur CSO and CFO are the epitome of PHBs.
- api 4y agoI wasn't clear. Telework doesn't threaten all middle management, just superfluous middle management.
- outsidetheparty 4y agoI still don't get it. Yes, certainly some managers (at every level!) add no real value, but I don't see what about remote work is supposed to reveal those managers as useless.
- n4r9 4y agoMy ~80 person company is pushing hard for return to office despite only a few middle managers / team leads. If anything the leads are the ones happily wfh whilst the senior management are doing the pushing. The reasoning is ostensibly that the business works better due to lots of little in-person interactions. It does make some sense when a lot of the staff are junior (which they are).