A friend of mine who is a corporate executive said that the higher up the corporate laddar you climb, the fewer boundaries you end up setting and the more reachable you have to be. For those of you looking for a role in tech leadership, have you set your expectations for something like this?

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If I am reading this correctly, it seems to be the opposite in my experience. Working in field service organizations the past 25 years it seems to be the higher up the ladder people move, the less accessible they are. It is like an unspoken rule. You can reach anyone today but you shouldn't. Boundaries seem to increase, only paths of commincation comes from direct reports. Additionally, at least in the US, those leaders are isolated from the realities of the organization because of this limitation and partly because nobody wants to deliver anything negative to them. In my opinion this can destroy a company from the inside out, everyone siloed and out of touch.

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Comes with the job, been there. However it's not same around the world, there is a massive difference if one is working in Europe vs Middle East.

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Would you kindly explain what difference is that?

I try to set boundaries as best I can. I try to always be there for my team as my job is to support them and remove blockers. They typically will go through me to get to our Director, then I will go through our Director to get to our VP. Each has an "open door" policy so we can go direct to any leader, even our CTO, but teams will typically go through their leaders first. As far as availability after hours, my company really drives the work/life balance and wants you to leave work at work and take the time for you and your family when you are outside of typical work hours. So company culture plays a huge part.

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I think it’s based on the size of the company too…I’ve been at startups that follow a similar trail of “reachability” and then similar flow at large companies

Depends on the industry. When I was public sector, it was mostly 9-5 M-F. Casino industry they expected availability 24x7x365, even when on PTO/holidays. In between those two, it was emergency response only. Once smart phones became widespread, instant response was expected. Pay was great, but work became life, zero balance.

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