> > I was a L5 IC at the time and that was an L8 decision
> omg, this sounds like the gigantic, ossified and crushing bureaucracy of a third world country.
No, it sounds like how most successful organizations work.
> omg, this sounds like the gigantic, ossified and crushing bureaucracy of a third world country.
No, it sounds like how most successful organizations work.
In any case the prompt for the thread is somebody mentioning their (subjective) view that the deep hiearachy they were operating under, made a "wrong call".
We'll never know if this true or not, but it points to the challenges for this type of organizational structure faces. Dynamics in remote layers floating somewhere "above your level" decide the fate of things. Aspects that may have little to do with any meritocracy, reasonableness, fairness etc. become the deciding factors...
If you're not presenting an alterative system, then is it still the best one you can think of?
Not sure there has been an opportunity to objectively test what are the pros and cons of all the possibilities. The mix of historical happenstance, vested interests, ideology, expedience, habit etc. that determines what is actually happening does not leave much room for observing alternatives.