> What happened to the days when a dedicated manager would manage 8 reports?
replyCheap money went away which caused companies to start asking hard questions about productivity and how much those dedicated managers were contributing.
Then there's the convenient answer of "AI made me do it", to which investors are somehow really empathetic... feels like every company CEO is operating on the mindset of "its gonna hit the fan any moment now", except they're the ones holding the fan.
replyJust curious if there's a reason you mentioned 8 or if that's an arbitrary number? Was 8 an industry norm/upper limit at one point?
replyFlattening is a management fad right now. Loser leaders want to be like Elon or whatever.
replyIt is pretty stupid and pathetic tbh, but easier than making an effective organization.