A: As the chief project engineer at The Boeing Company, no employees actually report to me. So, at one time, I think I had an OA that was working for me, an administrator, but no engineers directly report to me. They all are functionally aligned to the engineering leaders of the company.
According to his description, his position was entirely redundant. How can a Chief Project Engineer have no control over the Project staff?
I get that the guy wants to weasel out of any responsibility, but what was really going on there?