Ah, the many joys of Middle Management. To quote The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Earth:

A middle manager’s day typically consists of:

• Attending meetings they don’t understand about projects they’re not involved in
• Scheduling meetings for other people who don’t want to attend them
• Asking for status updates on things that would be finished already if they’d stop asking for status updates
• Forwarding motivational quotes about “synergy” and “thinking outside the box” while sitting firmly inside a cubicle
• Explaining to their superiors why things went wrong and to their subordinates why things can’t be fixed