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Note: While it’s true that many things are based on actual events, the characters contained within this strip are not meant to be direct analogs for actual people. They are not based off of people living, dead, or undead and any resemblance is coincidental. Nor are they based off of Ferrets.
Because that would be weird.
middle management at tech companies are like the apendix no one knows what they are for
Simply put, hierarchy is the only way we know how to deal with workforce scalability. The CEO of a multinational firm can’t manage every directly, so they have reports. There are too many for each report to manage directly, so they have reports under them, etc.
I kinda want to go back an take a class in applied economics or something, because I don’t understand how most businesses stay in business.
I’ve wondered about that one for years…
You said it right there: it’s the same everywhere, i.e. the competition isn’t doing any better. So why would they go out of business?