I was reading a post on LinkedIn that mentioned the following:
“In a short time, the workforce will no longer look like a pyramid. It’ll look like an obelisk.”
A narrow base of juniors. A big, heavy block of mid and senior people, and a thin sliver of leadership at the top.
At first glance, it sounds efficient. Less time training beginners, more “ready-made talent,” more immediate productivity. In Excel, it probably looks beautiful.
In real life, I think it’s a slow-motion disaster.
Because a company, or an industry, that stops investing in juniors is quietly deciding to stop investing in its own future.
Let’s unpack this properly, shall we?