I had a remote manager a few years ago and kind of thought that he didn't ad much value to the process. Then they got rid of him and I had to deal with the company owners directly. Absolute nightmare.
Good management is one of these things that you don't really notice. Bad management you do notice and not for positive reasons.
I agree. Early in my career, I thought a manager was like a driving teacher, someone to help guide you and hit the brake when you're about to crash. Now that I'm a manager, I think of it more like being a snowplow; you wake up in the morning and you can get your job done thanks to the work that someone else is doing behind the scenes.
Good management is one of these things that you don't really notice. Bad management you do notice and not for positive reasons.