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by illusive4080 46 days ago
15 span of control is nothing for many managers in large companies. I’ve seen 30-45 before.
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At that number I’d argue what you’re doing is not management. It’s basically “you’re the guy who fires people in this group”. For some companies, that’s fine, but those people will essentially never have your ear, and you’ll only have theirs in group settings.
Span of control is quite different from direct report.
The span of control for the CEO of my company is more or less 1000 people. His number of direct reports is 5