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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by ryneandal on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @04:37PM (#32418066)
Typical where? I've _never_ had to deal with such a schedule.
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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by zhengyi13 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @05:16PM (#32418579)
When I've shoulder-surfed my managers and PMs for roughly the last ten years, they're all like that: wall-to-wall meetings. Any technical work they do (and here at least, (T)PMs are expected to potentially contribute technical work) is done outside 9-5.

Certainly there are techniques to mitigate this, but I see it, at least.

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by treis on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @05:50PM (#32418886)
A former coworker called these people professional meeters. Had an EM like that. Either he was in a meeting or he was walking around and talking the ear off of whichever unfortunate soul he bumped into. Tangible output was basically 0.
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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by icedchai on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @07:42PM (#32419867)
Incredible. I haven't seen a PM that does technical work in years, maybe well over a decade.
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