good article on the benefits of middle management.
https://www.businessinsider.com/middle-managers-great-flattening-organization-meta-tech-layoffs-firing-2023-3
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@pjh+1lDq85f8 Good point on team size. I have a manager who used to be very engaged with employees, but as our team has grown in size and with reorgs at multiple levels of our line of business… manager is not as present or attuned anymore
most companies don't value leaders or employee development. managers should be more than just telling you what to do. a good manager will develope their employees and help them grow within the company and fight for promotions that are deserved. I'm thankful to have had some good managers at wells over the years and of the couple I had that were terrible I did something about it and changed roles. when a manager has a handful of employees they can focus on the employee but when I see managers with 15+ directs it's no wonder they can't put any focus on their employees plus be the working managers their leadership wants them to be.
Middle management is great when you have one who is willing to take ownership of their team (not just the benefits) and get their hands in the dirt of the actual work being done. Good luck finding that manager at Wells.
Today it’s the employees responsibility to go find their manager and get them off fake meetings so you can lead discussions on what your performance goals are, answer basic process and business questions, explain interconnectivity of bank policies to the managers team and put up with B-S of their manager peers, business partners and customers.
Basically here it’s go do your work and make sure you do your managers, too.