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ProfessorGAC

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22. Isn't That What Managers Are For?

Thu Sep 25, 2025, 03:08 PM

Sep 25

I had to report to the execs as to what WE were working on & the financials showing impact YTD.
My 7 subordinates didn't have to do that.
We were worth 10x what the department cost in savings or added margins every year, so it was a low stress report.
But, only I had to do that, and it was 4x per year.
I also didn't provide details of what was planned the next 30 or 90 days.
Those plans were dependent on what the data showed, so couldn't be accurately predicted. I wasn't going to guess.
And that was how we operated for 19 years over a period when the company grew by over 4x & net income by 7x.
Tells me such requests from upper management are unnecessary.

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Elon Musk sparks backlash after issuing 48-hour assignment to employees: 'This is due by noon on Thursday' [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 25 OP

Heeeeeee's baaaaack Blues Heron Sep 25 #1

He never fucking left Aviation Pro Sep 25 #36

Damn. He had, mercifully, slipped to the very back of my mind for a blessed niyad Sep 25 #2

Is he going to read their essays and issue a letter grade? maxsolomon Sep 25 #3

It's a prelude to job cuts, I think. Cash flow problems? Investors getting skittish? Bernardo de La Paz Sep 25 #33

I dunno, Musk is a dork and a jerk but, Disaffected Sep 25 #4

His people should already know this leftstreet Sep 25 #6

He needs to fire both (IMO). Disaffected Sep 25 #8

If the CEO doesn't know that this kind of action really isn't in his scope of work, he shouldn't be a CEO. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 25 #7

Huh? nt Disaffected Sep 25 #9

CEOs cannot and should not be involved at this level newdeal2 Sep 25 #10

I think the point is at levels that Elon Musk is operating mr715 Sep 25 #11

CEOs generally should not be involved in the minutiae of every employee like this. It's called micromanaging, and it's a WhiskeyGrinder Sep 25 #12

I don't think it is actually "micromanaging" Disaffected Sep 25 #17

It's the very definition of micromanaging, just like the shitty putz attempted with doge before he ran off Blues Heron Sep 25 #19

If Musk had issued a directive Disaffected Sep 25 #42

Asking each person for exactly (micro) what they did (managing) is not like giving a raise. Come on man Blues Heron Sep 25 #44

How about this..... usedtobedemgurl Sep 25 #27

I think management is supposed to do that. This is just bullshit. 58Sunliner Sep 25 #13

Self report is not a good way to measure performance and value to company. Irish_Dem Sep 25 #15

Musk's business survive him, Johonny Sep 25 #24

Yes it is amazing how such a badly run company survives. Irish_Dem Sep 25 #25

For SpaceX it is absolutely true Johonny Sep 25 #29

Yes has to be the case. Irish_Dem Sep 25 #31

Sure they should, Disaffected Sep 25 #46

If you are hired by a company and have been working past any probation period. Autumn Sep 25 #18

Compared to what I have to do to keep my job, this is minor pcdb Sep 25 #20

Isn't That What Managers Are For? ProfessorGAC Sep 25 #22

Of course it is what managers are for. Disaffected Sep 25 #43

Well, Duh! ProfessorGAC Sep 25 #45

Heh, for a "Professor", Disaffected Sep 25 #47

Convenient ProfessorGAC Sep 25 #48

OK, one last post, I promise: Disaffected Sep 25 #49

An employer should know that info without resorting to employees for instruction Torchlight Sep 25 #26

It's a time-wasting exercise leading to big personnel errors. It's like the old "lines of code" metric. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 25 #35

We do this in my team but not in an adversarial way drray23 Sep 25 #40

Elon, Take this Job and Shove It Coldwater Sep 25 #5

And I challenge him to justify his damned existence in even ONE sentence! hlthe2b Sep 25 #14

Sounds like Musk is out of ideas. Kid Berwyn Sep 25 #16

How about they justify before hiring in the first place? fujiyamasan Sep 25 #21

Many years ago when I lived in Rhode Island, we had a wonderful broadcaster on WPRO radio Totally Tunsie Sep 25 #23

You can always tell when he wants to do layoffs mdbl Sep 25 #28

should that include him as well. AllaN01Bear Sep 25 #30

Um...questioning my life choices because I'm working for a megalomaniac? progressoid Sep 25 #32

Sorry for the poor bastards that have to serve him, unconditionally. twodogsbarking Sep 25 #34

This tells me that Eloon the crazy South African Aviation Pro Sep 25 #37

A sure-fire way to lose your best employees. CaptainTruth Sep 25 #38

Thanks for posting, I saw a refence to a different email last friday to VA workers blue_jay Sep 25 #39

what has this piece of s*** done in the last month other than destroying our government and cheerleading Nazism LS0999 Sep 25 #41