Why firms are “delayering”
Bonfire of the middle managers
Why firms are “delayering”
econ.st
October 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Why firms are “delayering”
Really not a fan of layering/delayering. 3-4 more months of this shite 😖
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Really not a fan of layering/delayering. 3-4 more months of this shite 😖
Companies are increasingly cutting middle-management roles, particularly in the tech and health care sectors. What is behind this bout of “unbossing”?
Bonfire of the middle managers
Why firms are “delayering”
econ.st
October 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Companies are increasingly cutting middle-management roles, particularly in the tech and health care sectors. What is behind this bout of “unbossing”?
The pandemic-induced hiring spree led to overpromotion, swelling managerial ranks. Now companies are shedding the excess
Bonfire of the middle managers
Why firms are “delayering”
econ.st
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The pandemic-induced hiring spree led to overpromotion, swelling managerial ranks. Now companies are shedding the excess
Plenty of firms, including Amazon and Walmart, are talking up their use of AI and firing managers. But the cull seems to have little connection to ChatGPT
Bonfire of the middle managers
Why firms are “delayering”
econ.st
October 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Plenty of firms, including Amazon and Walmart, are talking up their use of AI and firing managers. But the cull seems to have little connection to ChatGPT
Middle managers never have it easy. In the popular mind they personify corporate bloat. But lately they have had an especially hard time
Bonfire of the middle managers
Why firms are “delayering”
econ.st
October 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Middle managers never have it easy. In the popular mind they personify corporate bloat. But lately they have had an especially hard time
Yes layered...
With an oversized backpack for delayering
With an oversized backpack for delayering
April 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Yes layered...
With an oversized backpack for delayering
With an oversized backpack for delayering
Initiate delayering manoeuvers!
September 22, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Initiate delayering manoeuvers!
I thought it was a great representation of the precariat in terms of the corporate delayering sweeping through middle management at the time.
September 6, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I thought it was a great representation of the precariat in terms of the corporate delayering sweeping through middle management at the time.
#economist
www.economist.com/.../bonfire-...
Bonfire of the middle managers
Why firms are “delayering”
A TENDÊNCIA DECLINADA DAS CHEFIAS INTERMÉDIAS E dos gestores de gestores. Lideres precisam-se!
www.economist.com/.../bonfire-...
Bonfire of the middle managers
Why firms are “delayering”
A TENDÊNCIA DECLINADA DAS CHEFIAS INTERMÉDIAS E dos gestores de gestores. Lideres precisam-se!
Bonfire of the middle managers
Why firms are “delayering”
www.economist.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#economist
www.economist.com/.../bonfire-...
Bonfire of the middle managers
Why firms are “delayering”
A TENDÊNCIA DECLINADA DAS CHEFIAS INTERMÉDIAS E dos gestores de gestores. Lideres precisam-se!
www.economist.com/.../bonfire-...
Bonfire of the middle managers
Why firms are “delayering”
A TENDÊNCIA DECLINADA DAS CHEFIAS INTERMÉDIAS E dos gestores de gestores. Lideres precisam-se!
Companies are increasingly cutting middle-management roles, particularly in the tech and health care sectors. What is behind this bout of “unbossing”?
Bonfire of the middle managers
Why firms are “delayering”
econ.st
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Companies are increasingly cutting middle-management roles, particularly in the tech and health care sectors. What is behind this bout of “unbossing”?
Great lightning talk at CCC on reverse engineering an iPod nano on a shoestring budget.
Delayering PCBs using sandpaper and patience. Oh and decapping the SoC too, coz why not?
youtu.be/FKHL1yyOKJc?...
Delayering PCBs using sandpaper and patience. Oh and decapping the SoC too, coz why not?
youtu.be/FKHL1yyOKJc?...
39C3 - iPod Nano Reverse Engineering
YouTube video by hug0
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January 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Great lightning talk at CCC on reverse engineering an iPod nano on a shoestring budget.
Delayering PCBs using sandpaper and patience. Oh and decapping the SoC too, coz why not?
youtu.be/FKHL1yyOKJc?...
Delayering PCBs using sandpaper and patience. Oh and decapping the SoC too, coz why not?
youtu.be/FKHL1yyOKJc?...
tbh this one seems self-correcting: recent layoff ideology has been heavily focused on "delayering" / firing middle management. Idk that the ownership class has that much more sympathy for professional managers than for labor.
September 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
tbh this one seems self-correcting: recent layoff ideology has been heavily focused on "delayering" / firing middle management. Idk that the ownership class has that much more sympathy for professional managers than for labor.
Lead any amount of people for any amount of time (as the OP clearly has) and you quickly learn what a span of control is and what happens when it’s too wide. Whether you call it delayering or flattening, the end result is a span of control that’s too large.
anyone who doesn't understand the value of middle management has never actually been a manager.
the problem with these VC bozos is that they didn't work their way up the ladder, they got someone to throw them a bunch of money to go straight to CEO and they have no clue how an organization works.
the problem with these VC bozos is that they didn't work their way up the ladder, they got someone to throw them a bunch of money to go straight to CEO and they have no clue how an organization works.
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Block who laid of 40% of the company due to AI efficiencies, describes how to judge the success of their AI adoption.
He plans to reduce management layers from 5 managers between a worker and the CEO to 2-3 this year. The ideal is eventually 0 and all 6000 people report to him.
He plans to reduce management layers from 5 managers between a worker and the CEO to 2-3 this year. The ideal is eventually 0 and all 6000 people report to him.
April 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Lead any amount of people for any amount of time (as the OP clearly has) and you quickly learn what a span of control is and what happens when it’s too wide. Whether you call it delayering or flattening, the end result is a span of control that’s too large.
Money. No minister wants to stand up and defend civil servants being paid "excessive salaries". Just look at the furore around local government Chief Executives (or, for that matter, MPs' salaries). Why performances pay pots are always capped and why grade inflation has destroyed delayering.
March 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Money. No minister wants to stand up and defend civil servants being paid "excessive salaries". Just look at the furore around local government Chief Executives (or, for that matter, MPs' salaries). Why performances pay pots are always capped and why grade inflation has destroyed delayering.
Some longer thoughts on the latest organization design fad of "organizational flattening" or "delayering"
Navigating the Great Delayering
The recent Wall Street Journal piece titled Your Boss …
genxjamerican.micro.blog
September 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Some longer thoughts on the latest organization design fad of "organizational flattening" or "delayering"
if you take care of your discs the only real long term risk is rot/delayering. vhs tapes are at risk every time you play them especially if you haven’t fixed up your player since the last time you saw a VHS repair tech in the classifieds lmao
September 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
if you take care of your discs the only real long term risk is rot/delayering. vhs tapes are at risk every time you play them especially if you haven’t fixed up your player since the last time you saw a VHS repair tech in the classifieds lmao
Yup. I am so tired of layering/delayering 😖
January 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Yup. I am so tired of layering/delayering 😖
(Was glad I had brought my big rucksack and not the small one when the level of delayering necessary became apparent)
September 22, 2026 at 8:42 PM
(Was glad I had brought my big rucksack and not the small one when the level of delayering necessary became apparent)
Delayering longjohns, knee warmers, wool shorts, wool skirt over winter-weight pants as windshield, is exercise all on its own. 😮💨 🥶
Sun so bright, the hydro wires look white.
Sun so bright, the hydro wires look white.
January 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Delayering longjohns, knee warmers, wool shorts, wool skirt over winter-weight pants as windshield, is exercise all on its own. 😮💨 🥶
Sun so bright, the hydro wires look white.
Sun so bright, the hydro wires look white.
On which point, Hezza did prompt a big delayering exercise in the senior civil service and at one stage wanted to set the pay of individual members of the SCS. If Mars can do it, why can't the government was his question. Fortunately, persuading him otherwise was way above my pay grade.
February 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
On which point, Hezza did prompt a big delayering exercise in the senior civil service and at one stage wanted to set the pay of individual members of the SCS. If Mars can do it, why can't the government was his question. Fortunately, persuading him otherwise was way above my pay grade.
Do enjoy a bit changeable weather.
The bonus bits and the layering/delayering process
The bonus bits and the layering/delayering process
April 3, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Do enjoy a bit changeable weather.
The bonus bits and the layering/delayering process
The bonus bits and the layering/delayering process
Oh, I hate that. I've only recently realised that getting overheated has a triggering effect on me. Now I've started delayering whenever the urge to rip people's heads off overcomes me. It helps a little. I've not ripped anyone's head off yet!
February 12, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Oh, I hate that. I've only recently realised that getting overheated has a triggering effect on me. Now I've started delayering whenever the urge to rip people's heads off overcomes me. It helps a little. I've not ripped anyone's head off yet!
Wie kann HR mittels #Delayering Hierarchien im Unternehmen systematisch und nachhaltig abbauen?
In der Podcast-Folge 158 von Klartext HR spreche ich mit Annika in der Beek zum Thema „Delayering – weg mit der Hierarchie“:
persoblogger.de/2026/04/20/d...
In der Podcast-Folge 158 von Klartext HR spreche ich mit Annika in der Beek zum Thema „Delayering – weg mit der Hierarchie“:
persoblogger.de/2026/04/20/d...
April 21, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Wie kann HR mittels #Delayering Hierarchien im Unternehmen systematisch und nachhaltig abbauen?
In der Podcast-Folge 158 von Klartext HR spreche ich mit Annika in der Beek zum Thema „Delayering – weg mit der Hierarchie“:
persoblogger.de/2026/04/20/d...
In der Podcast-Folge 158 von Klartext HR spreche ich mit Annika in der Beek zum Thema „Delayering – weg mit der Hierarchie“:
persoblogger.de/2026/04/20/d...