U.S. companies have a management problem. I specifically mean that the terminal career path for most professions is "management". Depending where you work, management can mean:

- giving orders

- delegating work (usually this is work the manager specifically doesn't want to do themselves)

- clearing blockers in front of your employees

That the third one is the rarest is a problem.

American corporate culture has devolved into: get promoted into management and coast.

There are obviously exceptions. But a lot of people will agree they've had their fair share of terrible managers. I dare say that's the norm.

Boeing is just the most current example of what happens when a company fetishizes management. That is, there comes a time when the leeches have sucked the body dry.