# Happy without hierarchies: Who cares for employee happiness if there are no hierarchies?

DevFeed: [Happy without hierarchies: Who cares for employee happiness if there are no hierarchies?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/happy-without-hierarchies-who-cares-for-employee-happiness-if-there-are-no-hierarchies-39908.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mende.io/blog/happy-without-hierarchies/>)

Author: tobi@techunicorn.builders (Tobias Mende)

Published: 2023-03-04T06:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tobias Mende](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tobias-mende.md>)

Topics: [scaling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scaling.md>), [structure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/structure.md>), [context](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/context.md>)

Tags: [culture-employee-happiness-psychological-safety-organizational-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture-employee-happiness-psychological-safety-organizational-design.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [scaling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scaling.md>), [structure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/structure.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion article about supporting employee happiness in companies that avoid traditional hierarchies. It argues that employees should take responsibility for expressing their needs, while peers and the company provide trust, support, coaching, and guidance.

## Source excerpt

Happy without hierarchies: Who cares for employee happiness if there are no hierarchies? Working with different clients has the benefit of discovering many contexts and with that, different perspectives, observations, and questions.