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I've noticed a similar effect from tall management hierarchies in my career. You end up spending hours every week making presentations to managers, working wit
by Firmwarrior 4y ago
I've noticed a similar effect from tall management hierarchies in my career. You end up spending hours every week making presentations to managers, working with managers to make presentations to higher-up managers, etc. Everything is done in terms of "What will Jim (the VP) think of this?"
- gardenhedge 4y agoI have the same experience. How can we avoid this?
- quickthrower2 4y agowork for small companies
- 93po 4y agoI've exclusively only worked for small companies and my job has mostly always revolved around one person's opinion.
- quickthrower2 4y agoYep. Usually employe #{1:4}
- gardenhedge 4y agoThat seems preferable since that person was in the trenches of the company.. presumably doing some necessary work.
- 93po 4y agoThe reality is that it's usually someone who was a founder or cofounder and has the luxury of gambling money on a business. It's less an indicator that they know what they're doing and more that they had money to pay you to execute on their often flawed ideas and perceptions.
- derwiki 4y agoAt a large public company— I just don’t do it. Can’t remember the last time I made a slide deck. Has possibly limited my upward trajectory but I guess that’s the trade-off.