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Uh, managing their reports and judging their performance is like the primary responsibility for most managers in big tech.

If they can't do that, they will grasp at any reason outside their control as an excuse for why their team is underperforming, WFH is the perfect fall guy, and I can guarantee you that Amazon has no real data to back up the claim that WFH decreases productivity - in fact they published data to the opposite.



> Uh, managing their reports and judging their performance is like the primary responsibility for most managers in big tech.

It may be the primary responsibility by plurality but it almost is never the MAJORITY of the time you spend, ESPECIALLY in big tech.

I'd say the most likely breakdown is:

* 40% managing reports and judging their performance * 30% managing upwards * 20% recruiting/hiring * 10% team vision/strategy + cross-org initiatives




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