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Re:Pharmaceutical giant Bayer is getting rid of bosses by master_crab on Monday April 22, 2024 @07:36AM (#40113318)
I forgot where I read it, but a study years ago said something along the lines of 3-7 is the optimum number of direct reports someone can have.
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Re:Pharmaceutical giant Bayer is getting rid of bosses by martin_a on Monday April 22, 2024 @10:17AM (#40114620)
True!

In firefighting (in Germany) we usually stick to no more than 8 people under direct control. That's an amount of people you can take care of.

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Re:Pharmaceutical giant Bayer is getting rid of bosses by alwaysbeconsing on Monday April 22, 2024 @11:40AM (#40115426)
Mashup of Dunbar's Number with "The Magical Number 7 Plus or Minus One"
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