Yeah, you don’t value management until you work a job that requires a lot of cooperation and management isn’t managing enough.
Good management holds your coworkers accountable so their fuck ups don’t become your problem. Good management coordinates efforts. Good management sets goals and expectations so you aren’t wasting half your time on something that only kinda matters until you need the important thing that takes a month immediately. Good management understands the workers and can emphasize their strengths to the task at hand and cover their weaknesses. Good management sends ideas up the chain when needed and can remove obstacles from your path.
And when you’re doing a multi year project that involves several departments, insufficient management is frustrating as fuck.
It’s good and fine for labor and management to conflict. But there’s a reason worker owned coops hire managers.
Yeah, you don’t value management until you work a job that requires a lot of cooperation and management isn’t managing enough.
Good management holds your coworkers accountable so their fuck ups don’t become your problem. Good management coordinates efforts. Good management sets goals and expectations so you aren’t wasting half your time on something that only kinda matters until you need the important thing that takes a month immediately. Good management understands the workers and can emphasize their strengths to the task at hand and cover their weaknesses. Good management sends ideas up the chain when needed and can remove obstacles from your path.
And when you’re doing a multi year project that involves several departments, insufficient management is frustrating as fuck.
It’s good and fine for labor and management to conflict. But there’s a reason worker owned coops hire managers.