Ask HN: Why so many companies reducing middle management recently?

I understand why you’d want to reduce middle management and eliminate layers of hierarchy

But why would companies all do it at the same time like it’s a trend?

They spend less time coding and more time managing.

So the company is paying for that organizing work all the same.

Probably overpaying for it, since a level up coder is now doing cross-level-down management and doing less architecture as a result.

I wonder when we will see the next cycle. Might be decades away, or even never, if it ends up with a hot war.

I really need to convince my wife to sell our 2nd house ASAP, when there is still market.

Not that there isn't bloat in many places.