middle management
noun
: management personnel intermediate between operational supervisors and policymaking administrators
middle manager
noun
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He was just promoted to middle management.
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The trend toward eliminating middle management has only accelerated (potentially because of AI’s disruptive effect on the labor market, but potentially cost cutting by another name), culminating in a brutal 2025 for middle managers so far.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 July 2025
Intel plans to cut 15% of the chip giant’s staff and cut layers of middle management.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Nvidia’s rival Intel, which has lagged in the AI chips race, announced layoffs across four states affecting engineers, researchers, middle management, and factory workers.
—John Kell, Fortune, 16 July 2025
Companies are trimming their workforces, and many of them are focusing their cuts on middle management.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 15 July 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 July 2025
Intel plans to cut 15% of the chip giant’s staff and cut layers of middle management.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Nvidia’s rival Intel, which has lagged in the AI chips race, announced layoffs across four states affecting engineers, researchers, middle management, and factory workers.
—John Kell, Fortune, 16 July 2025
Companies are trimming their workforces, and many of them are focusing their cuts on middle management.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 15 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for middle management
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“Middle management.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20management. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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