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Re:Why Managers Fear a Remote-Work Future by andrewlgood on Friday July 30, 2021 @09:08AM (#28007530)
Why? I understand the author's claims that many managers are not properly suited for their job, but the author never claims that spans of control (how many people a manager can manage) are changing as we move to a fully/more remote work future.

Are people finding that managers have become more efficient in remote settings?

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Re:Why Managers Fear a Remote-Work Future by davidgerard on Friday July 30, 2021 @02:38PM (#28010919)
The author does think a lot of middle management are in fact useless, though - he's written at length on why return-to-office culture is wrong, and who's pushing it (useless middle managers) on his substack: https://ez.substack.com
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Re:Why Managers Fear a Remote-Work Future by deagle50 on Friday July 30, 2021 @11:02AM (#28008749)
Maybe some are, but that's not the point. How busy with real work product were they before?
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Re:Why Managers Fear a Remote-Work Future by andrewlgood on Friday July 30, 2021 @09:48PM (#28014480)
That's a very different conversation - what is the value of having managers. Are you suggesting that companies do not need managers?
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Re:Why Managers Fear a Remote-Work Future by deagle50 on Saturday July 31, 2021 @12:21AM (#28015270)
No. I'm bringing it back to the premise of the article after your efficiency tangent.
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