• notannpc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s almost as if most middle management is completely unnecessary and a massive drain on resources if they feel that most of their time should be spent monitoring their employees.

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      1 year ago

      When a MM is good they’re extremely effective by clearly directing their team to the work top levels want done… But that assumes top levels know what needs to be done, can communicate it, the MM understands those priorities, and can apply top priorities to specific details of the team’s work.

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        1 year ago

        My manager does what I think is the most effective form of middle management. He’s there to take on any blockers that I cannot solve myself. Otherwise, he just lets me do my work.

        Though 9/10 times the blockers are created by other teams middle management 🙃. Either them not wanting to share their code, or them not wanting to work with me at all when it’s necessary to achieve my work. And yes it’s really as stupid as it sounds.

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      1 year ago

      Agreed. This sounds like something people would say if they weren’t fit for their jobs. Makes you think, doesn’t it…