In the AI era, be a builder or a seller, not a measurer

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Manager Bill Lumberg, played by Gary Cole (left), checks in with his employee in the movie Office Space.

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Middle managers have yet another task: getting you to use AI

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At many orgs, managers are playing a critical role in persuading their teams to use AI.

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Should your boss stick to managing — or start doing the work, too? Tell us what you think.

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Some companies are cutting managerial ranks and pushing managers to contribute, as well as overseeing teams.

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The most layoff-prone job in tech right now

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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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Chine Mmegwa
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
Alexander Valen

Alexander Valen

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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