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.
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xero
middle management at tech companies are like the apendix no one knows what they are for
Glenn
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.
EcchiKitty
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.
Kay Shapero
I’ve wondered about that one for years…
antrik
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?
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UnCONventional is a comic that ran from December 2009 to December 2019 about the staff of a small town anime convention and their lives. This is a complete online archive of the comic.
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