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Well managed BigCorps are overstaffed 2x. Badly managed BigCorps are overstaffed 3x (or more). If there is insufficient manpower, it is often because they are

• matwood 3y ago
  Bingo. I find that limiting headcount is a great forcing function for only doing what's important. The classic example is Google making X different chat apps. That doesn't happen unless a company is severely overstaffed.
  • stuff4ben 3y ago
    To me that really just screams lazy and incompetent management. Being overstaffed is just a coincidence. A good mgmt structure would have prioritized that roadmap and gotten the cats herded to work towards a singular goal/chat app. I say this as a "cat" myself who has to be reminded to not get distracted by the next shiny thing.
    • marcosdumay 3y ago
      > Being overstaffed is just a coincidence. I'd say it's not. But causality is the reverse of the GP's. Being overstaffed is a consequence of not prioritizing the work. Either the staff grows until the important things get done, or the organization shrinks because the important stuff doesn't get done.
    • matwood 3y ago
      > To me that really just screams lazy and incompetent management. 100%. Why make hard decisions when you can just hire? A company flush with cash simply hires and lets decision makers avoid decision making.
• bluedino 3y ago
  > Badly managed BigCorps are overstaffed 3x (or more). I never knew what a corporate intranet was for until I worked at a huge company. It's for clicking around on, going back and forth, when you have nothing else to do but need to look busy.