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by d--b 22 days ago
> Today, in some parts of the company, work passes through as many as 14 layers of management.

> We will reduce management layers to no more than 5, and where possible, 3

I don’t understand why they need to make a big announcement when what they’re doing is cutting the stupid management structure. Everybody hates cuts, except those that cut middle management.

They should have titled this “xbox cuts middle management: Less burocracy, faster delivery, more original games, more money for everyone involved, yay!”