went to the top decision maker in the company, and proposed that they fire 8 or 9 of the managers The people at level n+1 to you in an organisation are there b

went to the top decision maker in the company, and proposed that they fire 8 or 9 of the managers The people at level n+1 to you in an organisation are there because they have the support of people at level n+2 and so on. If you want to pull a stunt like this you need the support of someone level n+4 in a different department who hates whoever is n+3 in your own reporting line.