Goodbye, middle managers. Hello, 'player-coaches' and 'org leads.'

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Block CEO Jack Dorsey, left, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

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Jack Dorsey says he wants 6,000 Block employees reporting straight to him

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Jack Dorsey said he wanted to reach a maximum of 2-3 management layers at Block with a year.

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She used to manage 3 employees. Now she oversees 24. Welcome to the age of the megamanager.

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Match group's Chine Mmegwa oversees a much bigger team than she did a year ago, a change that's become common for middle managers across Corporate America.

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On a recent weekday afternoon, Match Group manager Chine Mmegwa sat at her desk in a New York office, looking up at her team through a mounted TV screen.

I was a senior leader in Big Tech, and I'm worried by middle managers losing jobs. They're essential — if you know how to use them.

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Judd Antin standing in front of a river. He's wearing a coat with the Airbnb logo.
Antin once had to lay off more than 25% of his team.

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A laid-off Accenture manager has been job hunting for 21 months. Recruiters keep telling him he's too expensive.

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Alexander Valen

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Companies are 'unbossing' the workplace, and millennial managers are getting axed

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The great "unbossing" is afoot, and millennials are the ones most at risk.

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Middle managers are feeling the squeeze and losing confidence in their employers amid layoffs, cost-cutting, and RTO mandates, Glassdoor finds

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Middle managers are at high risk of being laid off, experts say.

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Remote workers and middle managers are most likely to get let go during layoff season, experts say

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US companies have cut thousands of jobs since the beginning of the year.

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Gen Z may be on track to kill middle management

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Gen Z in work, may kill middle management

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Middle managers are caught in a lose-lose between layoffs, burnout, and RTO policies. One millennial explains how he's handling the worst year ever.

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Middle managers are struggling to complete all their responsibilities this year.

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