Rose@piefed.social to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 20 days agoAncient IBM wisdom (from 1979) that the bosses just straight up promptly forgotmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up114arrow-down1imageAncient IBM wisdom (from 1979) that the bosses just straight up promptly forgotmedia.piefed.socialRose@piefed.social to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square13linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSalvo@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoManagers aren’t being held accountable for their management decisions either. “Oh, I sacked our entire workforce and sold all the company assets, so the figures will look amazing this month.” <one month later> “Oh, the figures are down this month, a golden handshake!? Thank you very much.”
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-219 days agoMost industries management fails upward. Definitely true in Pharma. There are CEOs with a 20 year string of development failures, but they bring “vast experience”.
Managers aren’t being held accountable for their management decisions either.
“Oh, I sacked our entire workforce and sold all the company assets, so the figures will look amazing this month.”
<one month later>
“Oh, the figures are down this month, a golden handshake!? Thank you very much.”
Most industries management fails upward. Definitely true in Pharma.
There are CEOs with a 20 year string of development failures, but they bring “vast experience”.