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A large factor at big companies is layers of administration and middle management that are not necessary under WFH. Who do you think is producing studies saying

• dvfjsdhgfv 4y ago
  > middle management that are not necessary under WFH I think it's one of these lies that are repeated ad nauseam and now many people believe it. Managers are important and necessary no matter how their reports work. Before the pandemic I had bosses living in another country. Does it mean they were unnecessary? This logic doesn't hold any water.
  • ajmurmann 4y ago
    I even think an argument could be made that they are more necessary. On the list of the many things a manager is responsible for are work culture and team cohesion. These things Twitter more active effort in a remote culture. You also need more active effort and structure to facilitate what otherwise might have gotten covered at a water-cooler conversion.
• krisoft 4y ago
  > layers of administration and middle management that are not necessary under WFH How come they are not necessary under WFH? The only obvious administration which is not needed (or needed less) is office management. So the people who make sure the kitchenett is clean, the toilets are stocked with toilet paper, etc etc. For every other type of “management” why would you need less of it all of a sudden?
• marcinzm 4y ago
  They're necessary unless we've magically figured out how to give every employee twice as many hours in a day to keep up with communications and sit in meetings.