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That's just manager talk for "we weren't needed here". For example, you say "important role" but who called it important? Were the engineers demanding someone
by JimmieMcnulty 4y ago
That's just manager talk for "we weren't needed here". For example, you say "important role" but who called it important? Were the engineers demanding someone do this job, or was it presumed to be an important job when someone was building out the team?
If someone came into a highly-demanded (by the team itself) role and turned the responsibilities around into work the team can take care of on its own, that's valuable work for sure. But if this was just a role created by an executive as a result of, "We've always needed one of these", then maybe not so much.
- 0xfaded 4y agoI've personally done something similar through mentorship. Learn something interesting and relevant to the company (in this case scheduling and convex optimization), build something, document, teach others how it works, move on. You can create organizational chaos by skipping that last step, you may even achieve job security. But it's blatantly obvious to both your managers and coworkers if you fight to keep them off your turf. Don't expect respect or admiration.
- woah 4y agoIf you can have the team work well without you, you could probably spend the same time that you used to on one team on five teams. If you're not getting promoted to the level that you can do that, you should probably find a different place to work.