Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributors or Leave

Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @10:21PM (#34703691)

Definitely said from someone that has never been a manager. FWIW, it's never that easy to fire someone, and it gets even more difficult when you need to worry about protected class issues.

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Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by alex_sf on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:14AM (#34704394)

I have been. This is absurd.

You’re claiming that 80% of your time, 80% of your substantial pay, was spent managing the fallout of a single employee on a team of 30. It’s astonishingly inefficient and wasteful.

And while you’re emblematic of this behavior, it’s widespread in the tech industry. The vast majority of management is terrified of any sort of real conflict or intervention, so they become ineffectual and useless.

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Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by somsak2 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:40AM (#34704922)

Best not to make quick assumptions about others.

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