This is the death throes of a companies that is refusing to do what it needs to do to survive: cut management. The amount of managers in these AAA companies (and most companies in general) is so absurd that it’s almost one to one with employees. If you search, I guarantee that there are a few managers that don’t manage people at all.
Managers at least have some theoretical value in, well, managing their departments. I think the core rot is the fact they've got entire departments that are unnecessary: Fold HR's core duties (payroll, payroll taxes) into Accounting, fire the diversity studies departments in their entirety, and you're probably looking at halving your employee expense already.
This is the death throes of a companies that is refusing to do what it needs to do to survive: cut management. The amount of managers in these AAA companies (and most companies in general) is so absurd that it’s almost one to one with employees. If you search, I guarantee that there are a few managers that don’t manage people at all.
Managers at least have some theoretical value in, well, managing their departments. I think the core rot is the fact they've got entire departments that are unnecessary: Fold HR's core duties (payroll, payroll taxes) into Accounting, fire the diversity studies departments in their entirety, and you're probably looking at halving your employee expense already.