Management Accountability Debate

Commenters debate whether responsibility for an incident or failure lies with low-level employees like admins or higher-ups such as managers, executives, and CEOs.

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VP CFO LinkedIn i.e CEO manager executive ceo vp management officer managers admin leadership senior

Sample Comments

ww520 Feb 11, 2019 View on HN

The sounds like a manager or a VP.

kmeisthax Mar 30, 2021 View on HN

Presumably being in management.

duckmysick Feb 27, 2021 View on HN

Somebody appointed the CEO, no?

brandon272 Jan 30, 2016 View on HN

Does the buck stop with this network admin? Where's the CEO?

throwaway167 Jan 19, 2024 View on HN

Management's quite ambiguous.

westmeal Jun 18, 2024 View on HN

Lemme guess you're a manager.

fragmede Feb 17, 2023 View on HN

For now. Just wait for UpperManagementGPT to start making business decisions.

XxiXx Aug 22, 2025 View on HN

There's even a name for such person: Manager

aledalgrande Oct 15, 2019 View on HN

Must be a director/executive position?

ljw1001 Jun 10, 2022 View on HN

If by mgmt you mean ceo adjacent, sure