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It takes a lot to learn how to be accountable without being responsible. Further, you have a lot of work to invest in a team that may not have the skills necess
by ebiester 3y ago
It takes a lot to learn how to be accountable without being responsible. Further, you have a lot of work to invest in a team that may not have the skills necessary - meaning that you accept reduced quality or put in extra hours of mentorship over just doing it yourself. Further, if your team is doing delegated work, they aren't doing IC work, and it's hard to justify at times.
Over 15 reports, though, you have no choice.
- onetimeuse92304 3y agoYou have choice. You can do shitty work. Which is what I see in most cases -- managers happy to take on new reports but unable to actually manage them. Work piles up and progress grinds to a halt as the manager becomes a severe bottleneck. Par for the course is blaming that their team is too large and the team is broken up and they become a director with 2-4 reporting line managers.