re: have job titles always been so out of control?

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The problem was fricked up management. Each of us should've had a minimum of two younger guys working under us, but they were having trouble keeping the people they had. That office, after staying afloat with piecemeal work from the New Orleans office (grudgingly given) for a couple of years, closed up shop last year, laying off what skeleton crew they had left.

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Been there a couple of times. Poor management and sometimes one poor decision of otherwise good management can really throw an office or company into a tailspin. I've also seen a larger engineering firm fall prey to mismanagement after an investment firm bought out a couple of companies and tried to force them together.