#efficiency

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/google-executive-says-company-has-cut-a-third-of-its-managers.html?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-20250828

What are people's thoughts on how ER will enable the firm to execute with more speed and efficiency? Honestly, I was optimistic when they first announced it because the firm had become so bloated and convoluted that it was difficult to get anything done. But the rollout seemed more focused on short term cost cutting and may seriously backfire on "increasing speed and efficiency" since we lost so much firm knowledge (aka the only people who know how to fix certain systems since they were part of creating them, people who know undocumented processes or work arounds for the many broken systems). I'm worried this will just make things so much worse and make jobs so much harder for those who remain. It's like leadership is operating on an entirely different plane of reality; one where we are a rocket ship instead of bogged down by decades of under investing in tech and poor process design. Over the past 2 years I have experienced them deprecating systems and teams in anticipation of solutions that never seem to materialize. The "running the business" work gets harder and harder with no end in sight.

Rumor is the board has engaged an efficient expert- what would you tell them to do/look at first?

I’ll start- you could easily cut 50% of the grade 15’s and above and 80% of executives with no real impact and use that money to fund real workers.

Schwawesome Leaders, Where is the efficiency gained by AI? Whose head should roll?

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/14/cisco-ceo-says-he-wants-to-use-ai-to-boost-efficiency-not-reduce-headcount.html

Dear Oxy,

Here’s an idea: Instead of planning to lay-off the individual contributors who actually get work done, please consider laying off the middle management who are great at attending meetings and not leading. They are more expensive and unnecessary. You can replace them by providing the individual contributors with chances for industry level training. That way your already slim staff doesn’t have to take on even more workload.

How? Administer a performance review on middle management given by individual contributors. It’ll stop the petty politics and hold middle management accountable for being leaders, not presentation goers. Let HR figure it out from there. #foodforthought #rewardgoodmanagers #efficiency #fireoverpaidspectators #finalfrontier