Good business mafias form
when there's a group of people who all have to quit their job for reasons that are exogenous to their performance. In the case of Paypal, it was an acquisition; at Tiger Management, a few years of underperformance; at Drexel Burnham Lambert, an indictment. In Reliance's case…
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“Company I've worked for had manager who tried to ship features over the weekend with a ragtag team of developers who… news.ycombinator.com
Tactics of hustling managers, and how the company reacting to that kind of manager makes or break a good place to work.
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) - Or how fraud can endure at the top level. That's generally why you need a board of directors as an oversight.
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) - This quote is from David Packard (HP co-founder), decades before current management fad.
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in action.” (source) - Explains how the pool of professional managers gets distributed into the various sectors of the economy.
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) - Contemplating to switch from the industry? The grass is not greener in academia. Given a significant size, any organization comes with its political game.
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Incentive Pay Considered Harmful joelonsoftware.com
“Incentives (or bribes) simply can't work in the workplace. (…) Most software managers have no choice but to go along with performance review systems that are already in place. If you're in this position, the only way to prevent teamicide is to simply give everyone on your team…
Engineering Team Management › Exits: “when there's a group of people who all have to quit their job for reasons that are exogenous to their performance. In the case of Paypal, it was an acquisition; at Tiger Management, a few years of underperformance; at Drexel Burnham Lambert, an indictment. In Reliance's case…”