As organizations grow, they do things not because they are good for the org, but because they are good for someone's career ambitions. Things get markedly wors

As organizations grow, they do things not because they are good for the org, but because they are good for someone's career ambitions. Things get markedly worse when you jump from 3 levels of the hierarchy to 4 and get middle managers reporting to middle managers. The whole thing is worth reading, though.