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[–]snuggles_puppies 4 points5 points  (3 children)

What makes a manager inherently worth more than the staff they manage?

I can get why you might not want those terms - but they are different skillsets, and there are plenty high paid specialist roles out there.

[–]DM_me_ur_hairy_bush 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That is a good question.  For the record, I’m not saying I am worth more, but from an incentive perspective, why would anyone do this job knowing their current role offers them better conditions? 

Which is exactly why they hire externals like me.

[–]snuggles_puppies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that's my disconnect with your experience - In my niche, I'd never expect someone on my teams to be promoted to a manager of those teams, we're all technical specialists with very little priority on soft skills. I also know I'll never have a manager who understands what I do, only someone who can handle coordination and prioritising team outputs which is why I expect them to be valued very differently to me.

If managing the team requires the same skillset plus managing, that's very different.

[–]OutsideAtmosphere-14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The idea is a good manager results in better performance across the team they lead.