alt Hacker News> They're saying you forgot about the range 1:1 to 0:1.
Color me intrigued! Tell me more about these slave-CEOs serving at the beck and call of empowered workers. I didn't merely forget about the 1:1 to 0:1 range, it's an Outside-Context scenario. I confess I have never encountered - or thought about - organizations with inverted hierarchies. Do you have any specific example of such a thing?
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> I confess I have never encountered - or thought about - organizations with inverted hierarchies
Managers tend to make less than pop stars etc, the range exists. On some engineering teams the non-technical manager makes less than the engineers.
Being a manager doesn't mean you are well paid, he is just a bureaucrat managing the relations to those who want your services.
When unions gain too much power and the company can no longer respond effectively to market forces (particularly with hiring/firing), leading to the collective ruin they were talking about.