Managers are often powerless. It’s a nice title but they are not really management like FM, FC, CFO, CEO.

They cannot increase my pay - that is decided by the leadership.

They don’t have the final say on performance evaluation - there are further rounds decided by “higher power” after their recommendation.

They can’t get me more headcount - that is decided by bosses, HR, recruitment team.

They can’t even decide on the work approach - the big boss is the one who signs, and has the judgement call to make.

They can’t push back deadlines - it’s a requirement by law, sometimes by client, sometimes by big boss.

So tell me; what can they do?