# The pros and cons of working under a Software Engineering manager VS a QA manager? **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussions\ **Tags:** career-development, engineering-management, test-management\ **Created:** [3 September 2026 19:01 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/the-pros-and-cons-of-working-under-a-software-engineering-manager-vs-a-qa-manager/87714 "2026-09-03T19:01:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![nsegal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8491ac/32.png) [@nsegal](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/nsegal)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2026 21:31 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/the-pros-and-cons-of-working-under-a-software-engineering-manager-vs-a-qa-manager/87714/7 "2026-09-04T21:31:48Z")
An entire post related to replacing QM with EM - > [@QA reporting to development managers](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/qa-reporting-to-development-managers/73926): > > Hi all! wave I’ve been through a couple of reorgs in my career so far that have unfortunately resulted in QA management/lead positions being completely removed. On both occasions QA analysts and engineers ended up reporting to development managers in their respective scrum teams. In my experience this has been a bit of a mixed bag; it’s nice to have a little more freedom, but the lack of meaningful guidance/feedback for QA related practices (from someone who fully understands the context of … I have seen this too and share the concerns of @adamjfoy --- _[View the full topic](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/the-pros-and-cons-of-working-under-a-software-engineering-manager-vs-a-qa-manager/87714)._