I was in this situation. The result was: - No one really managed any software teams. - The manager did just ended up as a proxy between higher management whi

I was in this situation. The result was: - No one really managed any software teams. - The manager did just ended up as a proxy between higher management which create friction. (E.g. in aspects like what features are viable to add in this year and which are not.) - The manager lost practically all authority (and later one all trust). Generally a really annoying situation not benefiting anyone. Through then a lot of other things went wrong too in that company.