> Middle managers are extremely important. Depends on the company and what those middle managers are doing. By default, middle managers exist to manage risk

> Middle managers are extremely important. Depends on the company and what those middle managers are doing. By default, middle managers exist to manage risk and distribute blame away from senior management. When middle managers become redundant to the point where an employee has multiple bosses to report to, arguably some of those managers aren't that important. Ever see how, in Office Space, the protagonist has multiple managers bug him when he makes a minor error? That's common in a lot of mediocre companies, and is something I and others I know have experienced at one point or another.