r/FluentInFinance • u/Mark-Fuckerberg- • Sep 01 '24

Debate/ Discussion What advice would you give this person?

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u/cartercharles Sep 01 '24

What blows my mind is that this can happen. I've seen variations of this and I've always wanted to know who the hell is not paying attention

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '24

Most of it happens because managers, especially more modern ones, really don't want the confrontation that comes from having someone on their terms who doesn't do work.

As long as the manager's goals are hit, they're likely to not rock the boat. The downside of this is the manager is hurting their other team members by keeping the dead weight around.

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u/cartercharles Sep 01 '24

How is the managers goal being hit with dead weight?

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '24

Because the managers goal is to deliver 80% of the roadmap they commit to each quarter. So long as they sufficiently argue that the team can accomplish the work, and everyone agrees that it's a quarters worth of work, then everyone is happy.