Middle Managers Are Glorified Cops

You know it. I know it. Most of us know it. Let's just say it.

Say it LOUD, and say it PROUD, once more for the people in the cheap seats: We incentivize management as a control mechanism rather than a motivational and organizational mechanism in an organization, meaning that most middle managers are glorified cops. This is the fulcrum point on which all the pants-shitting about remote and hybrid work resides. Productivity does not truly matter to people in organizations; they know the top two salespeople and the back-of-house software suites will be productive enough to keep the revenue quarters humming. What matters is control of the people. That is where the relevance of the bosses emanates from.

Think about this: