Want to see the back of your managers? Maybe consider calling the shots — permanent four-day workweeks, long lunch breaks, no Big Brother watching over your shoulder, and logging off by 5 p.m., all while crushing your workload? Too good to be true?
You might be looking to be “unbossed” — the workplace trend of not having a boss or middle manager.“Not having a boss may be preferable to having a toxic one,” said Joe Galvin, chief research officer at Vistage, a CEO coaching and peer advisory organization. “People don’t quit jobs — they quit bosses.”
According to 2023 data by Live Data Technologies for Bloomberg, middle manager layoffs have increased to more than 30% from pre-pandemic times. As companies cut back on costs and reduce headcount, workers mind the gap — the space between yourself and upper management — themselves.
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