Seriously, do other companies have reorgs this often?
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A schizophrenic leadership team.
I have the best answer for you. So no one can be held accountable for the Fups they do. It’s always before the reorg problem and I wasn’t there
I was with Directv for three years before Stinky invaded and destroyed that company, and in that time there was never a reorg.
Before that, I was with a biopharmaceutical company for seven years without a single reorg.
I've been with my new company for almost three years, and there hasn't been a single reorg.
I was T for five years and had at least four "official" reorgs and a few that were done behind the scenes.
T is not a well-run company. If you need almost one reorg each year it's pretty clear evidence that the people at the top have no blinking idea what they are doing.
As the results of their incompetence surfaces, they bail before they are held accountable. Just another sign of poor leadership and management from the top.
You have to repack after your left with swiss cheese. It benefits Leadership rotation for career longevity while the merry-go-round spins. The less time in a roll the less accountability and textbook story of the scapegoat 1) Blame Your Predecessor, 2) Blame Your Employees, 3) Prepare 3 Letters
Constant layoffs = constant reorgs. They go hand in hand. Spans of control constantly need to be adjusted.
Reorgs at the high level hides budget misses especially when done in 4th quarter. We would call the reorgs “Hankins” reorgs for those that go way back in IT.
I've had 5 Supervisors in the last 5 years! We go through them at a ridiculous pace! There is a constant shift in personnel!
Yes other companies do frequent reorgs. They always tout how nimble/efficient/necessary the latest reorg will make said company and then do it all over again a year later with the same rationale. Gives execs something to do.
That said the colossal mess that is happening here is pretty rare
The canard of “musical chairs” for the suits is both extraneous & unfruitful. Us “worker bees” know full well that the sycophant stooges are devoid of any (true) leadership.
My second level has changed 5 times in the past 3 or 4 years along with multiple organizational changes. It’s never made any sense.