> They have a playbook that worked The playbook worked for them, but that doesn't mean it worked for the people they were managing, or the company they worked

> They have a playbook that worked The playbook worked for them, but that doesn't mean it worked for the people they were managing, or the company they worked for. My experience with managers and "the playbook that worked" for the past 50 years is that 80% of it consists of "if the employee is in their seat, and not visibly goofing off, that means they are working at 100% productivity; anything else is stealing from the company." It's effectively rooted in an assembly-line mindset (where if you weren't at your post, you clearly weren't working, and it was pretty easy to see whether you were working when you were at your post), in addition to treating subordinates like robots with no mental, emotional, or even physical needs while they are at work.