A look at “lazy management”, an alternative explanation to the claim that some tech employees drag down companies by raking in big paychecks and working little
Inside the perverse system of ‘lazy management’ that's wrecking the tech industry … When Graham was hired by Amazon, it sounded like his dream job. LinkedIn: Alistair Barr . Bluesky: @ellenb.bsky.social . Mastodon: @mookie@trouble.social and @carnage4life@mas.to . Twitter: @alistairmbarr Forums: Hacker News and r/technology LinkedIn: Alistair Barr : Many businesses overhired during the pandemic boom. For Big Tech companies, this uncovered organizational dysfunction that had been building for years. … Bluesky: Ellen B / @ellenb.bsky.social : In fact, the SINGLE job of management is to correctly allocate resources against ROI-positive initiatives. A failure to MANAGE is the fault of MANAGEMENT, not the employees. [embedded post] Mastodon: Steve Mookie Kong / @mookie@trouble.social : To secure their fiefdoms, managers often pitch projects they created that are sometimes referred to as “vanity projects” or “promo projects.” These may ultimately contribute zero to a company's top line, but the flashy presentations and demos associated with the projects often lead to a promotion and nice pay bump for the person leading the work. … Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to : One of the open secrets of working in big tech is growing a large organization was a great way to get promoted (must be a director or VP candidate if he runs an org of hundreds) and looked great on your LinkedIn (grew team from 5 to 500!). — A side effect is lots of people were hired with no meaningful work for them to do. … Twitter: Alistair Barr / @alistairmbarr : Overhiring, empire building and 'fake work" dysfunction inside Big Tech companies https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... via @businessinsider @HughLangley @graceihle Forums: Hacker News : Debate over ‘fake work’ and ‘lazy management’ in tech industry r/technology : The reality of Big Tech's ‘fake work’ problem - Inside the perverse system of ‘lazy management’ that's destroying the tech industry