On: Larry Page Begins Major Google Reorg: Engineers, N...

[cpeterso]

And self-preservation of the management political class. How often does a corporate reorg reduce the number of managers?

[kwis → cpeterso]

Layoffs are routinely used as an opportunity to flatten organizations by removing layers of management.

I don't think I've ever seen a corporate reorg where middle management wasn't amongst the hardest hit groups. They're expensive, and you can usually fire a huge swath them without thinking, tell the remaining ones to start working late and limp along until times get better.

[al05 → cpeterso]

Are you kidding? Middle Management are often the first to go. They produce no real work, they just provide less work for upper management.

[tomjen3 → cpeterso]

No thats what it becomes, not what it should be.