I'm not sure why you think having 30 direct reports at Google and 40 direct reports at a startup are "slightly different". They are very different. An organizat

I'm not sure why you think having 30 direct reports at Google and 40 direct reports at a startup are "slightly different". They are very different. An organization as large and mature as 2013 Google has far more support resources and informal management available to employees than a startup does. And adding ten people to your reporting chain is a lot.