White Collar Job Cuts
The End of the Manager?
I vacillate on whether to be surprised at the lack of awareness the executives have about the role of the manager or to consider it totally predictable. Make no mistake, many of the decisions being made by executives today show a total lack of understanding of the benefit that managers provide the organization.
The article “White-Collar Job Cuts: Middle Management Decline” by Chris Westfall in Forbes raises important concerns about the ongoing trend of reducing middle management roles. While the piece touches on the implications for leadership and workforce dynamics, it overlooks two critical consequences that are more direct in their harm.
Someday I’ll write a piece on why this is, but for now let’s examine the two biggest issues that eliminating managers will cause.