Amazon and the endangered future of the middle manager
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/15/amazon-and-the-endangered-future-of-the-middle-manager.html?__source=androidappshare
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I think having too many middle managers is a sign of an older, successful company. When there is budget, workers get promoted. And so, ICs get promoted to managers, and managers get promoted to middle managers. After a while, there are too many middle managers and managers.
"AI enables much flatter organizations"
and GM just gutted its Cruise acquisition
let me know when AI replaces the wall street 'investor'
Seems a matter of time before AI enables much flatter organizations.
Probably not the kind seen in sci-fi movies where there is one person who runs the whole company, with everyone else reporting to some version of AI, but that may be consider the ideal state by the Demigods of Silicon Valley.