[michaelochurch]

I wrote about my views on management, here: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/gervais-macle...

Essentially, "manager" is a conflation of several corporate needs: (a) mentoring junior hires, (b) protecting the company from bad-faith employees, (c) protecting good employees from bad ones, (d) setting project priorities, and (e) putting a public face on the company (e.g. CEOs). Some of these jobs are more fun than others. There are huge conflicts of interest within what is called a "manager" and ultimately, employees get shafted.

Managers ultimately end up as the internal police force, because they're the ones who make firing and promotion decisions. However, there are a huge number of dirty cops. Most of them, in fact, are dirty. There are a few sadists who enjoy using the badge-and-gun just to fuck with people. There are others (much more common) who go full-on extortionist and use their power to build an image of outsized performance so they can hop out of cop work and into an executive or high-level strategic position. Rare is what police are supposed to be: principled public servants.

I don't have a problem with police. Society needs them. However, if the police started acting like the mob (with them making most of their income "on the economy") then I would. Corporate management is mostly dirty cops.

[samatman]

Perhaps you don't have much experience with the modern police force? Much of their budget comes from asset forfeiture, which is your basic perverse incentive.