And the same resentment can happen if the founders are full time. This has happened to me 2x:
The first the sole founder was seen as fiddling while Rome burned, long lunches on with rich friends and always on the phone, never doing anything (and getting paid well for it). Now I recognize he was probably trying to line up another round - but this was dot.com 1.0, we were young and didn’t know how the game was played. Also he just wasn’t good at communicating this downward - or at least as far down as we were.
At the second place the founders were all regarded as incompetent, and thus getting paid well for doing useless work. I think they where just nerds, and bad at interacting people.
I think management is hard and resenting your boss is common.
The first the sole founder was seen as fiddling while Rome burned, long lunches on with rich friends and always on the phone, never doing anything (and getting paid well for it). Now I recognize he was probably trying to line up another round - but this was dot.com 1.0, we were young and didn’t know how the game was played. Also he just wasn’t good at communicating this downward - or at least as far down as we were.
At the second place the founders were all regarded as incompetent, and thus getting paid well for doing useless work. I think they where just nerds, and bad at interacting people.
I think management is hard and resenting your boss is common.