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I don't really have a problem with this. The best organizations lean into the fact that an organization needs to do more than just make a product, they also ne

I don't really have a problem with this. The best organizations lean into the fact that an organization needs to do more than just make a product, they also need to help their employees "grow" in their career. For those interested in the management track, starting small with a small "blast radius" makes a lot of sense. The organization isn't saying that having managers for every 2 people is the best way to allocate management resources, it's saying that it's the best way to train new managers.

nixgeek 4y ago
No disagreement on blast radius and the point on training new managers, instead what I find less logical is when a 50+ person organization has 25-30% of people as manager roles, meaning this isn’t an exceptional or temporary situation (i.e. training one or a small number of new managers), it’s actually a core part of organizational design.
- dilyevsky 4y ago
  It’s done like this bc leadership at those companies want to have certain number of directors reporting to them (for resume padding purposes). The directors then need sr manager reports who in turn need multiple manager reports, etc. Pretty sure it has nothing to do with concern for low level employees’ careers as up and coming managers