When they said Reddit has 2000 employees I was shocked. what could they possibly do onto a website that is basically run by users (and sysadmins) and that is basically feature-wise mature? I really can’t figure out 2000 people working every day on Reddit… on what? just for a quick comparison, the whole IAmA was run by a single person (Victoria), so… what are they doing?
If it’s anything like my workplace, about 25% of them are doing 75% of the work while the rest do powerpoints and stand around bullshitting all day.
It is called the 80-20 rule for a reason…
They could be. Or they could be sales, or brand ad coordination, or hr, or legal handling the various issues related to products, lawsuits, regulations, actual law enforcement inquiries, etc.
Like any corporation there’s a ton of backend staff doing stuff people don’t see because it makes the parts they do see operate.
Maybe, but just about everywhere I’ve worked has had a couple of those middle-manager/family connection/got in on the ground floor/etc types. They usually know something or someone and have a nice nebulous title like “Director of” or “Vice President of.” You’ll rarely see them do any PowerPoints, if they do it’ll be some vague pep-rally speech, never metrics or actual numbers. They’re always in a call and never in the office past noon on a Friday.
More like 90% / 10%
Lol, the workers vs the beaters a tale as old as time. Never enough workers.