Every reorganization flattens a middle layer and quietly recreates it eighteen months later.

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Why are middle managers the first cut in a downturn and the last to be replaced? Middle managers get blamed for attrition they have no authority to fix. Middle managers are told to be strategic and measured on whether the dashboard is green. Removing a management layer saves salary and costs the company its informal warning system. Who tells the team the project is cancelled when the announcement comes from above? When senior leadership changes its mind monthly the middle layer absorbs the whiplash. Span of control past a dozen reports turns a manager into a dispatcher. How much of a middle manager's week goes to translating decisions they had no part in? The step from supervisor to middle manager often comes with less influence than expected. The same manager looks effective with six reports and collapses at twenty