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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With companies now firmly in a post-Covid world, organizational experts say Amazon may be leading the way in a new look at efficiency gains related to corporate bloat, and especially middle management bloat.
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Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
Jassy also noted that Amazon would look to thin out middle management and the bureaucracy that the CEO believes comes from too much of it, by reducing the ratio of middle managers to individual employees by 15%.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
Modern crypto criminal enterprises have C-suites, middle management, and even customer service departments.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
And despite the fact that companies like Amazon want everyone back in the office, spit-balling ideas around the proverbial whiteboard or watercooler, there is a sense that AI already may be playing a role in a more direct way, with some middle management positions redundant.
—Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
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Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
Jassy also noted that Amazon would look to thin out middle management and the bureaucracy that the CEO believes comes from too much of it, by reducing the ratio of middle managers to individual employees by 15%.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
Modern crypto criminal enterprises have C-suites, middle management, and even customer service departments.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
And despite the fact that companies like Amazon want everyone back in the office, spit-balling ideas around the proverbial whiteboard or watercooler, there is a sense that AI already may be playing a role in a more direct way, with some middle management positions redundant.
—Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Middle management.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20management. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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