Experts say they are the ‘glue that keeps an organisation running’, but study shows two in five are now heading up teams of more than 10 people
Line managers have been facing increasing pressure since the pandemic, with one in four reporting that their team size has grown during the crisis, a study has found.
The poll of 1,000 full-time UK employees, all at companies with more than 250 members of staff, found that 25 per cent of line managers saw their teams increase in size since before the pandemic.
The research, conducted in August 2021 by Legal and General, found that 43 per cent of line managers now have a team of more than 10 people. A fifth (22 per cent) have a team of between six and 10 people, while 34 per cent said they manage a team of up to five.
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Just 5 per cent said they have a team of 50 people or more.
Vanessa Sallows, claims and governance director at Legal & General Group Protection, said line managers were the “the glue that keeps an organisation running”, but cautioned that they might find their responsibilities harder to manage as teams become larger and more fragmented.
This could have a “knock-on effect… on recruitment, retention and productivity,” said Sallows.
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