I have a feeling being in middle management leads to that squeeze. If you're closer to the doing, you are more isolated from the companyspeak nonsense. If you

I have a feeling being in middle management leads to that squeeze. If you're closer to the doing, you are more isolated from the companyspeak nonsense. If you are in the upper part of the food chain, you get to enjoy more influence, freedom, a better risk/reward tradeoff, with costs you mention. In the middle you're kind of screwed from both ends.