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I've never worked for Google, Meta or any of the big companies. But based on the several multi-national corporations that I have worked at, the problem is not
by GianFabien 4y ago
I've never worked for Google, Meta or any of the big companies.
But based on the several multi-national corporations that I have worked at, the problem is not with the engineers. The core problem is the layers of managers who are pursuing various perverse incentives.
AFAIK all large companies introduce yet more layers of management, procedures, rules, etc whenever they encounter any problems. Having a large proportion of politically inexperienced junior staff who do not push back only exacerbates the problems.
It is said that the fish rots from the head down. So too with corporations, the executives chasing ever increasing shareholder returns and fattening their own stock grants leads to a variety of ills.
- ianpurton 4y agoI've seen this too. The hierarchy is upside down. The person with the least skills in a team (the manager) is often making solo decisions without consulting the team. You should be able to choose your manager or decide not to have one. The 90% of managers that are incompotent can then be shaken out of the hierarchy.
- donnie12345 4y agoPlease answer this question https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34996991 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34996991
- mattbrewsbytes 4y agoI was in same boat at a large multi-national corporation with employee count between 50k-100k globally. Its definitely not incompetence of the end line employee, its that the organization is too large, probably not organized well, and likely for big tech companies, with one exception, they grew too fast. The one exception is Apple. Over the same time period of the last few years they grew at a slower pace. They are also organized differently: https://hbr.org/2020/11/how-apple-is-organized-for-innovation https://hbr.org/2020/11/how-apple-is-organized-for-innovatio.... I think the multi-divisional structure where each org is run as its own business creates fiefdoms, political infighting, competing for resources, etc. Throw in incentives like stock options that vest quarterly and you will likely find end line employees spending time watching organizational dysfunction perfectly fine if their stock is going to net them 2-3x their salary every year.
- donnie12345 4y agoPlease answer this question https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34996991 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34996991
- donnie12345 4y agoPlease answer this question https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34996991 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34996991