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{{a|work|}}The [[ | {{a|work|}}The [[professional-managerial class]] is a social class within the [[Stakeholder capitalism|capitalist]] machine that, by controlling and overseeing production through superior management skills, is neither proletarian nor bourgeois, but squarely [[middle management]]. | ||
Narrowly, it encompasses those whose title includes the word “chief” — a [[chief executive officer]], [[chief operating officer]], [[chief legal officer]], [[chief risk officer]], [[chief technology officer]], chief marketing officer — and there are, and will in the future be, many more. More widely, anyone with a masters of business administration, and more widely than that, anyone who spends their whole day on her chuff attending conference calls, answering emails, and preparing PowerPoint decks and excel spreadsheets. The most soul-destroying of the professional-managerial class are those not actually in a profession, as traditionally understood: so, to take an example at random, human resources executives. When I say, “soul-destroying”, I don’t necessarily mean ''their'' souls: it is more likely to be ''yours''. | Narrowly, it encompasses those whose title includes the word “chief” — a [[chief executive officer]], [[chief operating officer]], [[chief legal officer]], [[chief risk officer]], [[chief technology officer]], chief marketing officer — and there are, and will in the future be, many more. More widely, anyone with a masters of business administration, and more widely than that, anyone who spends their whole day on her chuff attending conference calls, answering emails, and preparing PowerPoint decks and excel spreadsheets. The most soul-destroying of the professional-managerial class are those not actually in a profession, as traditionally understood: so, to take an example at random, human resources executives. When I say, “soul-destroying”, I don’t necessarily mean ''their'' souls: it is more likely to be ''yours''. | ||