Hmm, I wonder how much of a correlation there is between the number of middle management layers and competition for the scarce internal resources. The latter is about not having much Slack in an organization, and middle managers are good at competitively overfishing this particular resource to extinction. On the other hand, growth rates, corporate culture and other factors are also important. The Musk shops seem unusually low on slack, and yet they don’t give me an impression of being unusually immoral mazes. For example, if you compare glassdoor reviews for Tesla and Rivian, two growing electric car manufacturers, Rivian comes across as much more like an immoral maze, with the upper management out of touch and the middle management playing political games.
Hmm, I wonder how much of a correlation there is between the number of middle management layers and competition for the scarce internal resources. The latter is about not having much Slack in an organization, and middle managers are good at competitively overfishing this particular resource to extinction. On the other hand, growth rates, corporate culture and other factors are also important. The Musk shops seem unusually low on slack, and yet they don’t give me an impression of being unusually immoral mazes. For example, if you compare glassdoor reviews for Tesla and Rivian, two growing electric car manufacturers, Rivian comes across as much more like an immoral maze, with the upper management out of touch and the middle management playing political games.