From Quartz.

U.S. middle management job postings were about 42% lower in late 2025 than at their April 2022 peak, according to Revelio Labs, highlighting evolving corporate structures.

Companies are flattening org charts to cut costs and use AI-driven automation, reshaping middle management roles. Despite fewer middle management job postings, experts note these managers remain the link between leadership and day-to-day teams.

Jenn Christison, Ben Hardy, Jermaine Moore, Sondra Leibner, and Sabra Sciolaro describe how managers translate priorities, coordinate across functions, reduce friction through communication, define decision rights, and safeguard culture and institutional knowledge. The segment reports that, while roles are consolidating, middle managers’ influence is growing through collaboration and human oversight.

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