The great flattening
A wave of restructuring that cuts layers of middle management and gives each remaining manager more people to lead, often with AI named as the reason.
Also called
- Flattening
- Delayering
- Unbossing
Related
- Entry-level gap A drop in hiring for early-career roles in jobs exposed to AI, as AI takes over the routine work that junior people used to learn on.
- AI washing A claim that overstates how much AI a product, service or company uses, or how capable it is, to attract customers or investors.