Originally Posted by Pooka

This reminds me of a problem with some managers in big businesses. They are all King but have no Kingdom. In other words: On paper they have a lot of stroke but their budget is almost nothing.

This sort of strikes me as an ego trip, or perhaps it is supposed to be a version of the Utopia movements from the 1830's?

We once had a guy that would get a promotion now and then which really amounted to nothing more than a title change. Every time this took place he would hold a meeting where he made a speech that always started with, "Behold, I reached out with my hand and.....", and I don't remember much of it after that. The entire point of the meeting was to let the management know none of us could spend a title change.

So now this guy has money but no power. Solution? Create subjects to have power over. The love of Power is worse than any drug when it comes to ruling your life.

One of our Mangers, after being retired for several years, told us he did not miss the salary or the perks or the use of our jets or anything else. But he did miss the power to fire people.