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Re:Coinbase Lays Off 950 Staff, Cuts Operational Costs by 25% by duxup on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @06:34PM (#34332997)
I can’t imagine having much of anything to do if your job is “management” and you have 3 to 5 ICs….
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Re:Coinbase Lays Off 950 Staff, Cuts Operational Costs by 25% by brianwawok on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @06:36PM (#34333019)
Cash a check and browse hacker news.
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Re:Coinbase Lays Off 950 Staff, Cuts Operational Costs by 25% by FireBeyond on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @07:11PM (#34333331)
Incident Command (NIMS) best practice is that someone's effective span of control is 3 to 7 people, with 5 being optimal. Beyond that, you lose the ability to easily keep track of people's status.
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Re:Coinbase Lays Off 950 Staff, Cuts Operational Costs by 25% by duxup on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @07:54PM (#34333607)
What qualifies as “track of people’s status”? What they’re doing at any one moment?
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