Timeline for Is it a demotion when I get a new role with fewer direct reports?
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| Mar 3, 2020 at 18:45 | comment | added | seventyeightist | @nvoigt I think the spirit of the Q really meant "direct and indirect reports", "how many people are 'below' you on the org chart". rather than just direct reports (like in your CEO example). I appreciate the asker did specifically say "direct reports" but... | |
| Mar 3, 2020 at 16:34 | comment | added | nvoigt♦ | @BigMadAndy And since we don't know how their organisation looks like, we cannot really give advice based on that. That's what my last paragraph says. | |
| Mar 3, 2020 at 16:27 | comment | added | BigMadAndy | You reply to the question in the title of the thread and it's a good general reply. However, your reply doesn't seem to be applicable for OP. As far as I understand the thread, they won't have any reports now. Instead, they will have a role similar to Project Manager's in a matrix organization. | |
| Mar 3, 2020 at 15:36 | comment | added | Kevin | "Lets say your company has a CEO. The sales manager oversees 20 sales people and the production manager oversees 30 factory workers. Both report to the CEO. Who do you think is higher in the hierarchy, the CEO with their 2 direct reports, or the production manager with their 30?" Almost word for word the example I was going to give. Have an upvote | |
| Mar 3, 2020 at 15:22 | history | answered | nvoigt♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |