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Layoffs work, I just think companies tend to layoff the wrong folks. I had 7 layers of management between myself (IC) and the CEO at my last job with just a co
by likeabbas 4y ago
Layoffs work, I just think companies tend to layoff the wrong folks.
I had 7 layers of management between myself (IC) and the CEO at my last job with just a couple thousand people. How much of a “multiplier effect” can those people truly have? What ended up happening was feature creep ran too large, the company scrambled to hire engineers to keep up with pace of development, then the debt caught up with them once interest rates blew up.
Honestly, layers between ICs and CEOs should be logarithmic. 0 layers for 10 employees, 1 layer for 100, 2 layers for 1000, etc. IMO the “multiplier effect” ends with line managers
- itchyouch 4y agoI think this is how Starbucks manages their ~120k US employees. They keep a max of around 8-12 direct reports per manager as their policy.
- zeroonetwothree 4y agoSure but in practice ICs are like ~90% of employees. So it's hard to not have them be the bulk of any layoff.