Hate it when you’re a manager but don’t manage anything . All decisions are made at levels above you. You have no clue or authority or autonomy. Is anyone else stuck in the same boat?

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I always thought of it as “manage to get the work done”

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✋🏻 unfortunate it only gets worse the more senior you get. Best job is Creative Dir/Act Dir/Strat Dir. You’re in charge of your work and not important enough to micromanage.

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That happened to me when I was a VP/Director...26 different levels above me.

And when I was Head of Planning I was closer to the top of the food chain but disagreed with all the decisions so it didn’t matter anyway.

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Most situations I've seen happen like that where the one closest to the day to day doesn't have the authority or autonomy. The real question is do the lower level employees know that and circumvent you, whether intentionally or otherwise? (If yes, does management play into that?)

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Top down Management - it’s the fucking worst.

What about all those account executives who are executives in name only?

Did you know that Goldman has about 10,000 VPs?

Maybe your title is just that

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