Re:Lessons from seven years of remote work
by legerdemain on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @03:26AM
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Yes, this is called "seniority" and "delegation." As you get more senior, your problems get more important, your time gets more valuable, your needs get more urgent. This is why there are more junior employees than senior employees, why companies are structured like pyramids, why a team generally has one lead, and so on.
Re:Lessons from seven years of remote work
by antisthenes on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @03:51PM
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My point was - I don't mind being pinged and generally making myself more available to my immediate senior managers.
I do take issue if I constantly get pinged from people who are in lateral teams and positions and in companies where there's no clearly defined structure and everyone pings everyone. Then it's pure toxic chaos.
Hope that clarifies it.
Re:Lessons from seven years of remote work
by mbrodersen on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @08:26PM
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True if you are a bad manager. False if you know how to hire competent people and delegate effectively. The best managers are not busy at all. The worst managers are constantly trying to fix problems ultimately created by themselves.
Yes, it's about placing the responsibility on the person you're bothering, and doing less of it yourself. So I think you're actually agreeing with me or somehow misinterpreted my post.
Here's your cases laid out:
1. I think my problem is more important than whatever it is you're doing, so it's Ok to bother you.
2. I can't bother to organize my thoughts and compose them in writing, so have fun parsing my word salad over voice, because obviously you have nothing better to do.
3. I am horrible at planning and cannot think of questions in advance, so it's your fault.
> It's very much a young person and startup thing
Right, so the toxic business practices.