A name I just came up with The org-chart version of Dead Internet Theory. Most middle managers… don't really know what's going on "on the ground". They were once a jr mgr who didn't quite get it, so they're pretty sure that the other sr mgrs don't know what's going on either. & they're pretty sure that *their* managers, the VPs & C-levels, are also doing their own kayfabe & nobody is willing to name it, bc this naked emperor is paying their salary