Reuters
- Grammarly CPO Noam Lovinsky sees potential benefits to being "layered" under a new manager.
- Lovinsky credits his professional growth at YouTube in part to asking to be layered under a supportive manager.
- Project managers should be self-critical and prioritize the team's needs above their own careers, he says.
Getting "layered" at work — when an extra supervisor is put in the chain of command between you and your boss — is not usually taken as a good sign.
But there's one executive who thinks it can be a positive in the right circumstances — and even went so far as to ask for to be layered himself.