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> If you cut at the bottom, you cut the part of the workforce that's actually comparatively cheap on a per-head basis

You mean, the people who actually do the work?




> You mean, the people who actually do the work?

Yes, that too. But since "managers are a waste of space" was an angle that a lot of people had been commenting from already, I didn't feel the need to belabor that point.

My point was rather: Even if it was possible to demote managers and get them to do honest work again, that's not what you would do.




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