Fair enough. I guess my take is more that a CEO of a 100 person company should know who the best person for the role is. The CEO of a 100,000 person company is less likely.
I’ve seen what you’ve seen too though: companies that haven’t grown past everyone thinking they report to the CEO turning into gossip factories.
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In my experience, politics can happen at any sized company.
e.g. I've worked at firms with 300,000 people and 150 people. The smaller company had MORE politics in some ways.
Or as a manager of mine in Hong Kong once said:
"In Chinese there is a saying: if there are 3 people then there will be politics"
Fair enough. I guess my take is more that a CEO of a 100 person company should know who the best person for the role is. The CEO of a 100,000 person company is less likely.
I’ve seen what you’ve seen too though: companies that haven’t grown past everyone thinking they report to the CEO turning into gossip factories.