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I have never been an officer, but the C-suite in the military is like "flag rank" which is above Colonel (Brigadier General.) Colonels are more like high manage
by gexla 1y ago
I have never been an officer, but the C-suite in the military is like "flag rank" which is above Colonel (Brigadier General.) Colonels are more like high management. But they likely won't be promoted, won't have an actual command, and rank means little more than the title.
- giraffe_lady 1y agoIf private industry were the military, most companies would be headed by O5 or O6; the scope of duties and responsibilities of an eg VP or CFO are actually quite comparable to a lt colonel or navy commander, CEOs are fairly like captains & colonels. These ranks are enough to head a large ship, air base, or training facility with hundreds or thousands under their command. Only extremely large companies (50k+ employees) have anything with a role comparable to admirals or generals.
- blantonl 1y agoCEOs are more like high ranking general officers, not O-6 level (Navy Captain, Army/Air force full bird colonel) O-5 (Lt Col, Navy Commander) would be VP / GM level stuff, GS-13 through GS-14 in the federal government O-6 equivalent in the civilian world equates to a GS-15 in the federal government, and a senior VP in the corporate world O-7 (brigadier general) would be an EVP level position, C-level large org O-8 (general) would be CEO
- giraffe_lady 1y agoI think you’re just assuming the highest corporate role must be equivalent to general and working back from that. For understanding their actual scope of responsibility I think my model is more useful.
- rpdillon 1y agoFormer U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer. This checks out, based on my experience working as a civilian since 2004.