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This is literally their job. Implying that they “cannot digest even simple information” is almost certainly a misrepresentation. ICs will naively paint ideal ma
by tmpX7dMeXU 3y ago
This is literally their job. Implying that they “cannot digest even simple information” is almost certainly a misrepresentation. ICs will naively paint ideal management as simply “master craftspeople that get usually paid more than me”, and when management doesn’t meet those expectations, they’re dunked on because they’re fish that can’t climb trees. Management are often there to contextualise and decide. It’s not that the information is in PowerPoint form, it’s that (aside from the weird “slides full of text” people) things in PowerPoint form are often well summarised in a way that they typically aren’t in an email or whatever else. Quite often their job is not to go deep on something. It’s often detrimental. Sometimes it’s detrimental to not go deep on something in particular, or to not have the right people in place to do that leg work for you. Overall though, management having PowerPoints is a good thing. Easily.
- hotnfresh 3y agoI’ve heard multiple folks at a big 3 management consulting firm—and not the green recent-grad meat, I wasn’t interacting with a team on an engagement—state the same thing, in terms that implied even less intellectual capacity or ability on the part of the average C-suiter than that post did. It’s not just “ICs” getting this impression.