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Anecdotal but the first two companies I worked at both grew from around 70 when I joined to around 200 when I left them, and in both cases I attested the very t
by lpapez 4y ago
Anecdotal but the first two companies I worked at both grew from around 70 when I joined to around 200 when I left them, and in both cases I attested the very thing this article is observing. Influential and capable people became disengaged and frustrated because they could not move things forward by force of will anymore, and morale dropped overall among everyone.
- rqtwteye 4y agoAnecdotally I have seen that from around 50 on people don’t communicate with the CEO anymore but through some middle managers. If these middle managers aren’t really good, the company starts splitting into different camps that don’t communicate anymore.
- sunsunsunsun 4y agoThis has happened at my company that is now 35 people. Too many managers that have fractured communication. Getting things done was easy when there was 10 people.
- objclxt 4y ago> This has happened at my company that is now 35 people. Too many managers that have fractured communication. How many managers do you have for this to be a problem at a company of 35?
- PuppyTailWags 4y agoThis can happen even with small numbers of managers. It only takes one territorial or poorly-communicating asshole to fracture a broader organizer. If anything, a small number of managers exaggerates the damage that one bad manager can do.
- amelius 4y agoWell, I guess this is why startups are so cool.