The managers the author describes are enforcers of the status quo. Their role even if they will never admit it is to keep the gravy train flowing until it event

The managers the author describes are enforcers of the status quo. Their role even if they will never admit it is to keep the gravy train flowing until it eventually dies of neglect. This has happened in two companies I worked for. One was a major airline who could not care less about customer service. The other was a construction company whose sheer incompetence was off the charts. One example was that a Director was fired after he and his team of consultants laid a huge pile of crap. It was discovered that the project manager he hired only previous work experience was as a hair stylist and she was in charge of a multi million dollar fiasco. It was unreal.