r/madlads • u/ycr007 • 14d ago

Reductio ad fontium

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u/Hands 14d ago

I work in enterprise tech and this is alarmingly true. My rule of thumb is about 9 out of 10 people in the industry are mostly worthless and say shit like this so they sound like they’re doing something meaningful. The other 1 out of 10 people actually do the work

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u/Justifiably_Bad_Take 14d ago

"When you're being paid to solve problems, you find problems."

Our nice way of indicating when upper management is just on some absolute bullshit so they can feel like they're doing something.

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u/ManOfLaBook 14d ago

I started to tell them straight out, "You're here to solve political problems and remove obstacles so the team can solve the problems."

You'd be amazed how well that works.

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u/Justifiably_Bad_Take 14d ago

Pfft, no. I'm here because my dad owns the company dumbass!