This is why no one wants to be a middle manager anymore
Middle managers are experiencing disproportionate stress and burnout because they're caught between executives focused on strategic transformation and cost-cutting, and frontline employees seeking flexibility and meaningful work. A Humu study found that HR leaders expect managers to drive transformation and high performance, while managers themselves are preoccupied with the immediate, grinding work of combating employee burnout and retention—a misalignment that's driving managers to job-search at twice the rate of other employees.