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Re:Surviving Burnout by jimnotgym on Saturday April 15, 2023 @04:05AM (#35578643)
Yes, I suppose it is cause and effect. Inexperienced managers read about FAANG, or perhaps more likely Basecamp, and decide to copy it. Also having a ton of VC money means you can afford to hire non-productive people too early.
Re:Surviving Burnout by whstl on Saturday April 15, 2023 @11:49AM (#35581713)
Yep. Google, Spotify, Amazon, Basecamp.

Been in a few places that turned the cargo cult to eleven. Someone brings an article about squads at Spotify and suddenly the team hierarchy changes. Someone discovers a blogpost about how desks on Amazon were made out of doors in the early days and suddenly all new desks are made of doors. Google releases Material design and we have to redesign the whole thing. And there’s also the playground slide and the plastic ball pool.