> They can put people in roles, reward those you like, punish those you don't like. Who don't enjoy that?

Those of us without Machiavellian tendencies?

Not sure what you mean by that, but a manager is allowed to select, fine-tune, re-organize, reward and train their team in order to deliver on expectations. They are accountable for the results.

Think of a football team manager. They can't avoid knocking off players from the team as needed. They can't brood about being Machiavellian or something. That's not their job.