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| Oct 7 at 17:11 | comment | added | Questor | @aaaaasaysreinstateMonica It really isn't. Soldiers don't fear their commanding officers more then dying. That philosophy worked during the era of line infantry. But in the modern battlefield soldiers are a lot more independent. And require a ot of initiative to function.... Its why Arabs have shite armies (their miltiaries operated under fear of their leaders), whil having really, really effective terroist organizations (which inspire people to blow themselves up out of dedication/brainwashing.).. | |
| Mar 6, 2020 at 14:16 | comment | added | aaaaa says reinstate Monica | @L0j1k further in the Joel's posts he explains why "manage by fear" is useful in army (on example where infantry needs to cross minefield under fire). Also, as I understand trope, Joel doesn't say that everyone in the army manages by fear. | |
| Mar 6, 2020 at 6:34 | comment | added | L0j1k | I was in the infantry for many years, toured a few warzones. This answer and the comments (and Joel's blog post) couldn't be sillier examples of bad stereotypes. I'm not sure what about the military makes people imagine that people in the military enjoy shitty leaders. But it's exactly the opposite: As a programmer in the real world for a couple of decades, I can say that both programmers and infantry soldiers want good managers. Please drop this awful trope. | |
| Mar 5, 2020 at 10:09 | comment | added | xLeitix | @Gaius This works in an industry where you have an easy time getting new people, and a new person is about as good as the person they replaced. I think this is objectively true in not too few environments, but most people posting here don't work such jobs. Most people posting here are knowledge workers that are hard to hire, expensive to train, and difficult to replace. | |
| Mar 4, 2020 at 22:49 | history | edited | aaaaa says reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 4, 2020 at 21:42 | comment | added | Neuromancer | Did not think the Israeli army actually uses Prussian doctrine from the 18th century | |
| Mar 4, 2020 at 11:09 | comment | added | houninym | No, it's not exactly the same unless you happen to be in a country / state that has 'at will' employment law. In the UK were an employee demoted or sacked for refusing to obey an unreasonable demand by an employer, the employer would face an industrial tribunal and be quite likely to have to make restitution by compensating the employee for loss of earnings and/or by reinstating the employee. So an employer is unlikely to allow demotion or sacking for such refusal without going through formal and long winded disciplinary procedures. | |
| Mar 4, 2020 at 10:29 | comment | added | Gaius | @houninym weird thing to say. If an employee refuses to obey their manager they will be demoted or sacked. It’s exactly the same | |
| Mar 3, 2020 at 15:29 | comment | added | MSalters | @houninym: Well, you identified the precise reason. When the CEO gives them an order, that manager will accept the order without protest. You're thinking bottom-up, not top-down, but hiring decisions in those companies are made top-down. | |
| Mar 3, 2020 at 14:57 | comment | added | houninym | Or as I once said about one of my managers... 'when he was in the RAF, if he told a lower rank to do something unpleasant and they didn't, the lower rank risked court martial. Outside the RAF, they will stick two fingers up and walk away'. I never understood why senior military figures are preferred as managers. | |
| Mar 3, 2020 at 6:59 | comment | added | Qiulang 邱朗 | Hi please see my update. | |
| Mar 3, 2020 at 6:05 | history | answered | aaaaa says reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |