This is the result of managers who have no idea how to do the tasks of the employees they are "managing". E.g., non-technical manager managing technical employees who uses silly metrics like LOC because he/she has no idea how to evaluate the employee's performance.
Also, upper management somehow feel that their middle and lower managers can be trusted to act like adults while the people who do the actual work cannot be.
The proper solution is getting rid of management, and letting workers get their jobs done.
It’s not about management, it’s about convincing a jury that knows absolutely nothing about your company and industry except what two lawyers argue to it.
Also, upper management somehow feel that their middle and lower managers can be trusted to act like adults while the people who do the actual work cannot be.
The proper solution is getting rid of management, and letting workers get their jobs done.
https://hbr.org/2011/12/first-lets-fire-all-the-managers
https://www.inventium.com.au/learned-fired-managers/