| Bear in mind that as an engineer you don't want meetings, but as a manager your entire job is meetings. Since, by definition, a manager has to meet with someone, adding 1 manager subtracts 40 hours collectively from everyone else.
And it's not like managers can just meet each other - they seldom have the actual knowledge to actually architect. A really good manager is mostly just observing, checking in now and then (ideally at the start and end of the day), but then gas a lot of hours to fill. This is harder yo get right in Remote working setups (but not impossible.) Mostly a good manager will spend most of their time "upstream" - solving problems for the team, making sure they have all the right tools etc. Acting as the gatekeeper to the team's time. Alas good managers are exceedingly rare, partly because there's no training to be a good manager. So if you have one, well, be nice to him. And if you -are- a manager, perhaps spend so time reflecting if you are helping or hindering your team. Then schedule a meeting to discuss it ;) I will say this - good management is hard. You can't be absent. But you can't be too present. And every individual has different needs. The skill to recognise who needs what, and how often, is rare. |