It is a natural desire for upper management to want to know if the people in the company are working hard and effectively.
But that is the job of middle management to know. And if upper management cannot trust middle management to give them honest and good feedback on this, then they have the option to hire and manage better middle management.
> Why? It's surprisingly simple. It's the job of a manager to know what their reports are up to, and whether they're doing a good job of it, and are generally effective. If they can't do that, then they themselves are ineffective, and that is the sort of thing that is the responsibility of THEIR manager, and so on up the line.
But that is the job of middle management to know. And if upper management cannot trust middle management to give them honest and good feedback on this, then they have the option to hire and manage better middle management.
> Why? It's surprisingly simple. It's the job of a manager to know what their reports are up to, and whether they're doing a good job of it, and are generally effective. If they can't do that, then they themselves are ineffective, and that is the sort of thing that is the responsibility of THEIR manager, and so on up the line.