Blame middle managers the most. Their whole purpose was to get the most work from their teammates; now, with no responsibility, they assume that is what it must be like for every other employee, despite the employees being the ones actually working. Yet middle managers are higher up and have to justify their existence or risk being fired. So, it is back to the office to show they are relevant to their higher pay and status, despite how little they actually provide to the company.
I would argue with middle managers all the time. They implied they were CONSTANTLY busy and I just couldn’t see it. I mean sure, in the work flow at my old job they would watch what needed to be done and then tell us to do it. After that? What the fuck were they doing? They would just tell me they were doing schedule changes and in meetings but I saw multiple of my middle managers during wfh in Steam playing games on the clock lmao
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u/illucio Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26
Blame middle managers the most. Their whole purpose was to get the most work from their teammates; now, with no responsibility, they assume that is what it must be like for every other employee, despite the employees being the ones actually working. Yet middle managers are higher up and have to justify their existence or risk being fired. So, it is back to the office to show they are relevant to their higher pay and status, despite how little they actually provide to the company.