Spoken like somebody who has never actually worked in a large company. Picture a stereotypical manager who does nothing but attend pointless meetings all day.

Spoken like somebody who has never actually worked in a large company. Picture a stereotypical manager who does nothing but attend pointless meetings all day. (S)he attends reliably, and is good at appearing busy and authoritative and otherwise managerial. This manager will not be fired, as (s)he's outwardly doing work duties and not doing anything specifically incompetent or negligent. Other management-layer folk like this person as they confirm to middle class white collar norms socially. Nevertheless, this person is useless. Every company is full of people like this.