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0 pointsIdidntdothis6y ago0 comments

“being able to voice concerns to upper management where people actually listen“

I think that’s what’s missing in most companies. We have 360 reviews, retrospectives and all kinds of stuff but there is no feedback channel up the chain. At my company whenever there are obvious problems management secludes itself and then a solution will be revealed to the underlings who never got heard. Especially in tech it’s pretty safe to assume that engineers at the bottom of the pyramid are as intelligent and educated as people further up the chain so I think their input is valuable.

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btilly6y ago

This problem is endemic.

It is human nature that when talking to your boss you put things in the most optimistic way that fits your understanding, and your boss hears it even more optimistically. After a few steps up the chain this results in a complete disconnect from reality.

http://www.stamey.info/Humor/shithappens.htm is a humorous but basically accurate take on the dynamic.

Now, you say, reality eventually intrudes. Yes, but it is normal for upper management to not realize that deadlines will slip until about 2 weeks before they do. And will continue to think it is about 2 weeks off indefinitely.

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