Every person is “useless” when things go well or everyone else can fill in (which is most of the time). The point of a manager is handling the snags and keeping it out of others’ hair so they can focus on their tasks.
You only appreciate it when you actually know what good management looks like. It sucks how rare it is, though, I’ll give you that. About as rare as having parents that know how to parent and instruct without the authoritative cliches. (or hopefully that situation has improved by now but I dunno…)
I’m a solid manager. I started my current job about 5 months ago. I don’t think the staff I inherited had ever worked under anyone halfway decent. Three months in I was still reassuring my team that I wasn’t trying to replace them, I was only hiring people because we were grossly understaffed. Two months later we’re fully staffed, no one has been fired, and they finally trust me.
It’s fucking tragic how poorly most managers do their jobs.
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Every person is “useless” when things go well or everyone else can fill in (which is most of the time). The point of a manager is handling the snags and keeping it out of others’ hair so they can focus on their tasks.
You only appreciate it when you actually know what good management looks like. It sucks how rare it is, though, I’ll give you that. About as rare as having parents that know how to parent and instruct without the authoritative cliches. (or hopefully that situation has improved by now but I dunno…)
Lemmy is full of kids for whom “management” means the asshole they worked under at McDonalds.
Solid managers shield their people from the bullshit and help them move forward and up.
I’m a solid manager. I started my current job about 5 months ago. I don’t think the staff I inherited had ever worked under anyone halfway decent. Three months in I was still reassuring my team that I wasn’t trying to replace them, I was only hiring people because we were grossly understaffed. Two months later we’re fully staffed, no one has been fired, and they finally trust me.
It’s fucking tragic how poorly most managers do their jobs.