Meta Reported Restructuring to Reduce Middle Management - Could This Become Trend Throughout Business?

 Some recall that Meta head Mark Zuckerberg indicated there probably wouldn't be more layoffs after the 11,000 cuts the corporation had made. 

That was then.

The Washington Post has covered that Meta had consulted with a range of experts about a possible restructuring.

Essentially that could flatten the organization by eliminating layers of middle management. That was a popular turnaround mechanism in the late 1980s, championed by corporate CEOs such as Lee Iaccoca and Jack Welch. My middle management position in a Fortune 100 went poof. Middle aged, I became part of the Accidental Entreprneurs who launched our own enterprises. We made Staples, the new office supply store for small business, a smashing success. 

If Zuckerberg makes that move it could cut about 1,000 jobs. There will be a variety of ways to achieve that, not only through a reduction-in-force. 

The terminations would primarily be in non-engineering functions. In addition, there would be a push to do more with less. Those who survive will be supervising more direct reports.

Meanwhile, mddle managers throughout business should be on the alert that this could be the trend for increased competitiveness. They could become targets. 

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