Lack of accountability among middle management - Anonymous employee Jisc Employee Review

Like other reviews say: there is a glut of middle management who are performative in their working and take little accountability. They would rather coast along offhandedly and scapegoat where possible. Unfortunately there are no means to address this from what I've seen and it will likely continue. Little oversight of middle management leading to pockets of toxic behaviour with no course correction. HR can be quite passive. In some places, a jobs for pals/club culture, administration heavy, leading to poor/very mediocre but embellished outputs/outcomes. Flexibility has attracted an old guard who prioritise playing office politics leading to a corrosive experience - if you are the receiving end.