in 1992 middle management was 9.2% of the workforce. in 2022 it was 13.1%

use data when you make claims

Bold words. Those are not the same middle managers. Do research before you counter claims.

Corporate America was gutted. This was also when hostile takeovers were the new thing. Buy, slice and dice and parting out of corps was all the rage.

Is it the same kind of middle management? Was the 1980 kind well paid, and the current one not?

(I have no idea, but now I wonder.)