The problem with management isn’t managers, the problem with management is bad managers. Which you have an incentive to keep, as you do not want to immobilize

The problem with management isn’t managers, the problem with management is bad managers. Which you have an incentive to keep, as you do not want to immobilize your good engineers, as per the Dilbert principle. The problem is not holacracy itself. Plenty of companies are doing just fine using decentralized and autonomous organizational methods, including Valve and Flying Wild Hog. The problem lies in having a culture of apathy and immaturity. Not having managers doesn't mean one should not be able to forward complaints to an appropriate person and have the situation handled. Also, ironically, in the GitHub debacle, it was a woman who rose up and disrupted the power balance.