djsumdog

5y

Our company just turned most of the team leads into managers to unflatten the organization. Most of the team leads really shouldn't be managers, nor do many of them have any desire to.

Normally a company that wants to do this will create a few manager positions, and let everyone in the company apply for them first, before opening it up externally.

The way they've rolled this out seems like it can only be disastrous.

rant

reorg

management

leadership

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heyheni

21388

5y

buy them the Book "The Making of a Manager" from Facebooks lead designer Julie Zhou, for new managers. It's really good.

https://goodreads.com/book/show/...
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VaderNT

1634

5y

In a world where devs seek out flat hierarchies and cheer that management bullshit gets reduced... Some companies "unflatten".
Two steps forward, one step back.
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2erXre5

2504

5y

What is the difference between team leads and managers? In my company both are the same for the first hierarchy step (middle management).
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2erXre5

2504

5y

@Lucky-Loek I understand what you mean. But imho Team leaders are nothing else than managers of a team. So there is no difference in my opinion. The only difference might be: Upper management might not know in detail how the operational work looks like. But you will manage as a team leader as well, only in a more fine granular way.

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