Depends on the size of the org. Large orgs have a large middle for a reason. When executives need to make choices they talk to the middle and they tend to suggest cuts to anything except their job. It astounds me that actual productive people lose their jobs when their is usually a wealth of pencil pushing, PowerPoint wielding, decide by community do nothing's in the middle. And this is coming from a once wrench turning product manager who is now firmly in the middle. There is a balance to be had, but larger orgs are insanely top heavy.
