[dexen]

>I noticed that several product owners / team leaders

>are significantly below targets

>and still do not work on weekends to catch up.

The CEO addresses it specifically to the middle management (POs/TLs) and not line employees.

Given that, the vocal outrage, and the calls on Twitter for the line employees to unionize are both unproductive, and also misleading. Way to discredit your position.

[akuji1993]

Those people shouldn't work on weekends either. If the only way you can make your KPI's is working middle management to death, you as a leader are making serious mistakes in management. If you can't build a working infrastructure for people and be able to sustain and grow your business on a 40 hour week (except for emergencies, unforseen things), maybe your product or company model is not that viable.

We really shouldn't encourage this type of work ethic in any way or on any step of the ladder.

[zwerdlds]

This is exactly how i feel about all this too. Metrics not met? Sounds like you need to hire more people. How often I've seen management shirking and sending the management THEY should be doing to the next level down...

[leereeves]

And what do you imagine that's telling middle management to do? Do the line employees' jobs themselves on weekends while the line employees are enjoying the weekend break? Not bloody likely.

Obviously the pressure from the CEO is meant to trickle down to the line employees.

[happytoexplain]

Can you describe why the sentiment being addressed specifically to middle management whose teams are behind on projects makes the "vocal outrage" and "calls to unionize" discrediting?

[Avshalom]

Management works on the weekends by making line employees work on the weekends.