Poor Management Critique

Comments primarily blame bad management and leadership for workplace issues such as employee underperformance, antagonism, and low productivity, rather than faulting the workers themselves. Discussions highlight how dysfunctional managers create environments that hinder thriving teams and advocate for better incentives and accountability at the top.

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eli Jul 9, 2022 View on HN

Seems like a management problem when one employee is expending huge effort to keep the enterprise running.

x86x87 Jun 16, 2023 View on HN

the way I read it is that management is to blame. there is absolutely no way the workers - no matter how exceptional they think they are - can thrive in an environment that does not enable this kind of behavior.

JohnFen Feb 6, 2023 View on HN

You're describing dysfunctional or bad management. Not all companies are like that.

fvdessen Feb 25, 2025 View on HN

Shouldn't the manager of the 'bunch of workers' notice the guy is underperforming and understand why ? Maybe that manager is the one that shouldn't be doing that job

thegayngler Oct 14, 2017 View on HN

I agree they are scapegoats for bad management. They should start firing the CEO. He over promises and then grossly under delivers. Making people work in bad conditions will turn good people into bad employees/DEAD weight. They were DEAD weight because people need rest and time away from work to maintain optimal performance.

mrtweetyhack Dec 8, 2021 View on HN

that sounds like a management problem than an employee problem

YokoZar Apr 2, 2023 View on HN

Sounds like the company's problem. Maybe they should change their incentives so that managers actually want the right things.

toomuchtodo Nov 26, 2024 View on HN

Find a better org. This is a symptom of poor management.

s73v3r Apr 13, 2015 View on HN

All of that sounds like it stems from management not doing their fucking jobs.

ResearchCode Mar 26, 2023 View on HN

Because of non-technical micromanagers.