A study finds that bosses can be useful but also sneaky

Re:A study finds that bosses can be useful but also sneaky by ShteiLoups on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:26PM (#21336808)

Well that's just what a manager should be doing. Their job is to ensure everyone else can work. Quite literally a "production assistant". They should deal with all the BS that workers don't want to, so they can get to the real work. Which is the main flaw in promoting workers to management, as they're two entirely different sets of skills.

There's a post on joelonsoftware about this, and I think it constitutes most of the first few chapters of the book peopleware.

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Re:A study finds that bosses can be useful but also sneaky by k__ on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:30PM (#21336838)

Well, you aren't wrong.

In my opinion the problem is just that managers are seen as people in positions of power, this needs to go away.

Creating a new role with new naming would get rid of all the baggage.

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Re:A study finds that bosses can be useful but also sneaky by ShteiLoups on Friday October 25, 2019 @02:01PM (#21357554)

I think I'd strike a difference between power and influence.

Managers necessarily have influence, or quickly grow it, by the nature of being a good manager.

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