It depends on the size of the company, and how deeply HR has managed to force their influence. Most companies under maybe ~1000 (give or take a few hundred) peo

It depends on the size of the company, and how deeply HR has managed to force their influence. Most companies under maybe ~1000 (give or take a few hundred) people, the managers still have some influence. Even a few large companies that are careful manage to stave off the HR influence for a little while. But yes, outside of that managers have very little actual influence.