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{{a|devil| | {{a|devil|[[File:Squid Games RIF.png|450px|frameless|center]]}}{{d|Reduction in force|rɪˈdʌkʃən ɪn fɔːs|n|}} (Also “[[RIF]]”) | ||
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}}{{d|Reduction in force|rɪˈdʌkʃən ɪn fɔːs|n|(Also “[[RIF]]”) | |||
The permanent removal of headcount — mass [[redundancy]] — usually targeted at that sweet spot in the organisation whose own reports aren’t so ''useless'' they can’t get by without supervision by [[Subject matter expert|someone who genuinely knows what is going on]], and who aren’t so ''senior'' that they get to make decisions about who should be subject to a [[RIF]]. Usually, therefore, it is a means of taking out a swathe of mid-ranking [[subject matter experts]]. | The permanent removal of headcount — mass [[redundancy]] — usually targeted at that sweet spot in the organisation whose own reports aren’t so ''useless'' they can’t get by without supervision by [[Subject matter expert|someone who genuinely knows what is going on]], and who aren’t so ''senior'' that they get to make decisions about who should be subject to a [[RIF]]. Usually, therefore, it is a means of taking out a swathe of mid-ranking [[subject matter experts]]. | ||
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But we digress. | But we digress. | ||
The basic job of [[line manager|line management]] is to supervise direct reports. Employees all have things to do ''besides'' supervising their direct reports, though a given worker’s proportion of line management to other stuff depends on that employee’s seniority. | The basic job of [[line manager|line management]] is to supervise direct reports. Employees all have things to do ''besides'' supervising their direct reports, though a given worker’s proportion of line management to other stuff depends on that employee’s seniority. But the peril of supervising depends an awful lot on who you are supervising: with a novice employee, you can feel the same terror [[Grandma Gontrarian]] did when teaching the young [[JC]] to drive: right leg braced and jammed in the floor-well where the brake would, God willing, be; right hand loosely gripping the hand-brake, ready to yank, left hand grasping the door-handle, ready to judo-roll to safety should the need arise as her as her young cretin bunny-hopped around the university carpark. With an experienced and sensible hand, by contrast, line management is a dream; like sitting back with a cocktain under full spinnaker as a well drilled crew nimbly clambers about trimming sails. The theory is it should become more like riding a wing-foiling catamaran and less like being a driving instructor as seniority increases. | ||
Roles change in three key ways the higher up the multi-level marketing scheme you go: | Roles change in three key ways the higher up the multi-level marketing scheme you go: | ||