The company I worked for had, at one time, over 100 thousand employees. In their corporate structure there were very few vice presidents, but the next title down was a few dozen “directors”, which was a very powerful position. But outside the company, nobody respected the title, so they began to rename the titles. In a short time they had three hundred “vice presidents”. In one organization chart was a v.p. who reported to a v.p. who reported to a v.p., after which the title meant very little more than “manager”.
(Remember “secretaries”? Then they became “administrative assistants”, then they got eliminated as the vice presidents were expected to type their own emails and fetch their own coffee.)
I had to deal with a manager on a large telecom installation. Demanding sort of chap until it came down to spending money to solve a problem. Then he suddenly became not really the manager.
pschearer Premium Member almost 5 years ago
The company I worked for had, at one time, over 100 thousand employees. In their corporate structure there were very few vice presidents, but the next title down was a few dozen “directors”, which was a very powerful position. But outside the company, nobody respected the title, so they began to rename the titles. In a short time they had three hundred “vice presidents”. In one organization chart was a v.p. who reported to a v.p. who reported to a v.p., after which the title meant very little more than “manager”.
(Remember “secretaries”? Then they became “administrative assistants”, then they got eliminated as the vice presidents were expected to type their own emails and fetch their own coffee.)
Bill The Nuke almost 5 years ago
Isn’t a title promotion a promotion in name (title) only? No change in pay or responsibilities?
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe almost 5 years ago
I had to deal with a manager on a large telecom installation. Demanding sort of chap until it came down to spending money to solve a problem. Then he suddenly became not really the manager.
Kind&Kinder almost 5 years ago
What is this, the Russian Civil Service???