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Middle management limbo: Anyone else stuck?

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·7d ago·2 comments

I’ve been at LG for about five years now, and I’ve never seen the org structure look this bloated yet somehow entirely paralyzed. Every project I touch lately seems to get stuck in a loop of endless approvals, only for the initiative to be quietly shelved two weeks later. It feels like middle management has no idea what the actual strategy is from the top, so they’re just creating busy work to look occupied. My skip-level mentioned 'efficiencies' during our last town hall, and every time I hear that word, I assume someone is looking at a spreadsheet of our salaries versus output. The morale in my unit is at an all-time low. People are just doing the bare minimum because they’re terrified that if they stick their neck out, they’ll be the first on the chopping block if an official announcement drops. Is it just my division, or is the rest of the company just waiting for the other shoe to drop?

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0x28dd…0833

·7d ago

The 'efficiency' buzzword is always a massive red flag. I spent three years in their home appliance division and the bottleneck is intentional. Leadership is so terrified of making a wrong move that they’ve built a cage of bureaucracy. You aren't imagining the paralysis; the company is essentially running on inertia at this point. If you aren't already looking for a way out, start now, because the culture of endless approvals isn't going anywhere. It’s a career dead-end designed to exhaust your ambition.

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·7d ago

I honestly think they lost the plot years ago. It feels like every department is operating in a silo, waiting for someone else to make a decision that never comes. At this point, it’s just a game of passing the buck until the project dies a slow death. I wouldn't take those town hall promises to heart; they are just reading from a script to keep the stock price steady while the middle management structure continues to bloat. It’s draining, but you’re definitely not alone in feeling like you're stuck in neutral.