ZA/UM expanded from 30 to 100 employees following the release of Disco Elysium
They had some success with their little over-hyped game, so they thought they had found an infinite money glitch, more than tripled their staff, and managed it into the ground. Apparently learning nothing from the hugely public failures of... 95% of every tech/gaming startup? I guess it's good news for whoever picks up their overpriced office furniture at surplus.
I'm no middle manager, but I don't understand why a small team, intimately familiar with how their success was earned, would immediately think "let's spread this windfall as thin as possible across people who did nothing for it."
Why not just give everyone a fat bonus and use the rest of the cash to give yourself a slightly longer dev time on the next project?
B) Commies are the biggest "capitalist pigs" around, but absolutely retarded about it.
Seriously, the reason commies think the world needs communism is because commies are some of the sleeziest, greediest people around, and think everyone else is like they are. They're the greedy fatcats they warn us about but, again, retarded. Of course they manage their shit into the ground.
yes, to actually believe in communism you must ignore or not understand a few very core, intrinsic traits of human nature. they're already detached from reality so of course managing anything or doing anything useful in the real world is beyond their abilities.
also, as you said, they're lazy and greedy. but also lack any humility, honest self-reflection, or real understanding of their own capabilities. they all think they will be the shot-callers and not the slave splitting rocks in an open pit mine. which is where they belong.
I noticed this in all my coworkers and old friends who turned commie. They're just spiteful and jealous that others have more than them, and they refuse to perform any kind of charity without being paid for it.
I see you too are familiar with The Mythical Man-Month. But yes. This is how managers think. If 5 people made a great product in a year, then 150 people should be able to make the exact same product in a month with the same margin. Then we can get the same ROI in 1/12 the time. Not only will that compound, we'll be profitable every quarter!
Middle managers have a lot in common with commies when it comes to understanding work and productivity.
I've worked manufacturing at a few companies and we had a saying about adding more people. "If a job takes one man three days, it will take nine days with three men."
Buried the lede so deep.
They had some success with their little over-hyped game, so they thought they had found an infinite money glitch, more than tripled their staff, and managed it into the ground. Apparently learning nothing from the hugely public failures of... 95% of every tech/gaming startup? I guess it's good news for whoever picks up their overpriced office furniture at surplus.
I'm no middle manager, but I don't understand why a small team, intimately familiar with how their success was earned, would immediately think "let's spread this windfall as thin as possible across people who did nothing for it."
Why not just give everyone a fat bonus and use the rest of the cash to give yourself a slightly longer dev time on the next project?
A) Commies.
B) Commies are the biggest "capitalist pigs" around, but absolutely retarded about it.
Seriously, the reason commies think the world needs communism is because commies are some of the sleeziest, greediest people around, and think everyone else is like they are. They're the greedy fatcats they warn us about but, again, retarded. Of course they manage their shit into the ground.
yes, to actually believe in communism you must ignore or not understand a few very core, intrinsic traits of human nature. they're already detached from reality so of course managing anything or doing anything useful in the real world is beyond their abilities.
also, as you said, they're lazy and greedy. but also lack any humility, honest self-reflection, or real understanding of their own capabilities. they all think they will be the shot-callers and not the slave splitting rocks in an open pit mine. which is where they belong.
I noticed this in all my coworkers and old friends who turned commie. They're just spiteful and jealous that others have more than them, and they refuse to perform any kind of charity without being paid for it.
I see you too are familiar with The Mythical Man-Month. But yes. This is how managers think. If 5 people made a great product in a year, then 150 people should be able to make the exact same product in a month with the same margin. Then we can get the same ROI in 1/12 the time. Not only will that compound, we'll be profitable every quarter!
Middle managers have a lot in common with commies when it comes to understanding work and productivity.
Imagine if the majority of people understood...basic fucking shit.
Utopia. Literally, utopia.
They think that 9 women can make a baby in a month if they just work together
I've worked manufacturing at a few companies and we had a saying about adding more people. "If a job takes one man three days, it will take nine days with three men."