Managerial type ppl don’t just need control, they also need the feeling of control. I don’t think they think of themselves in a bullshit jobs scenario, I think the feelings of responsibility and sunk cost (?) to upper mgmt keep them stressed enough. like at my old job (I got fired) I would just hide from my boss and only communicate with them like once a week or so and it stressed them the fuck out cause how are you gonna pressure me to do unpaid overtime or even my normal hours online? I can just turn off my computer, like literally.

Also unrelatedly I think there’s a school / childcare expensive / parenting from home - type thing which wasn’t a thing for managerial class ppl until the pandemic forced it to be. Kinda not a thing anymore though so idk.