Overview
- In a LinkedIn post, the People Group founder says the traditional knowledge premium for managers has effectively dropped to zero.
- He cites portfolio companies generating ₹300–1,000 crore in annual recurring revenue with roughly 50 employees supported by AI agents, pointing to fewer management layers rather than fewer engineers.
- Roles centered on coordination without measurable output, such as a non-operating VP of Operations, are described as increasingly vulnerable.
- Mittal champions an “Individual Contributor Plus” model that rewards people who build, code, create or sell while using generative AI to multiply productivity.
- The warning is set against earlier moves at Amazon and Google to thin managerial ranks, including Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s critique of excessive layers and Google removing a managers-of-managers tier in its U.S. ads sales unit.