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But in the rest of the large company, there are hordes of pointy-haired bosses who are busy full-time trying to take up as much credit, budget and headcount as
by fab13n 15y ago
But in the rest of the large company, there are hordes of pointy-haired bosses who are busy full-time trying to take up as much credit, budget and headcount as they can. They'll be drawn to your success as rats to food. It takes a lot of political savvy and energy to keep these freeloaders out of an effective team.
- rdtsc 15y agoExactly. It is not a perfect solution. Ideally there would be only 2 or 3 owners, and an accountant above all these silos. The bigger problem is that it would encourage bitter feeling between teams. If a silo is not successful and freeloaders are not pruned, then there will be a tendency for a silo to sabotage another silo if they think their collective job security is at risk. It is not a perfect solution. It can be approximated but still actually separate small companies is what makes more sense.