https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/career/i-m-a-microsoft-employee-witnessing-the-great-flattening-so-far-the-middle-manager-squeeze-has-been-a-career-opportunity-for-me/ar-AA1HnnMs?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=59f68eda52154808b142a6b4097b2188&ei=55
When I joined Cisco was proud to be a quite flat organization.
Can't say if it is true or not, looking back at other employers I worked for it was pretty much the same.
Manager, Director, VP etc etc