My view: I think many of the issues raised here are closely related to leadership and management are much harder to address. Examples from the brainstorms above include:
Lack of prestige / respect
Unrealistic expectations
Improper delegation of tasks
Exclusion from the decision-making and distance from org strategy
These seem like deeper cultural issues with how certain organisations or members of the community view operations, which is difficult to chang. I’m not really sure what the best way forward there is—I hope that this post could raise awareness about the issue, and hopefully spark conversations at relevant orgs, and make future founders aware of the existing issues in the ecosystem.
I / Pineapple Operations have publishing FAQs so that potential candidates have a more realistic picture of working in ops at EA orgs, and why you might consider it. We hope that potential employers and org leaders will also read the FAQ. We will also be publishing a post soon with information for folks who’ve recently joined operations roles at EA orgs. Slightly farther afield, Elika Somani and I have written a few posts around issues and improvements that could be made to EA events.
My view: I think many of the issues raised here are closely related to leadership and management are much harder to address. Examples from the brainstorms above include:
Lack of prestige / respect
Unrealistic expectations
Improper delegation of tasks
Exclusion from the decision-making and distance from org strategy
These seem like deeper cultural issues with how certain organisations or members of the community view operations, which is difficult to chang. I’m not really sure what the best way forward there is—I hope that this post could raise awareness about the issue, and hopefully spark conversations at relevant orgs, and make future founders aware of the existing issues in the ecosystem.
I / Pineapple Operations have publishing FAQs so that potential candidates have a more realistic picture of working in ops at EA orgs, and why you might consider it. We hope that potential employers and org leaders will also read the FAQ. We will also be publishing a post soon with information for folks who’ve recently joined operations roles at EA orgs. Slightly farther afield, Elika Somani and I have written a few posts around issues and improvements that could be made to EA events.