People under the management level are what makes the work place enjoyable.
We meet just to check off a box. Waste of time and disrupts deep work.
The person who interviewed me, cared about their employees and work. Role model type person. Sad that the person left but glad for them.
Micromanagement, divide and conquer, hire more pencil pushers and not management and above. Staying with and not leaving or taking vacations while your lowers are closing the books.
You see good well knowledged people stuck in lower positions, while they keep bringing in friends or "high credentials folks" that knows nothing. Also allowing contractors to be in remote management postions for years.