Reduced levels of management above you can be a good thing. I have one level and a side step to the ceo, the extra exposure does come with the ability to be able to tell other people to just bugger off and that what you are doing is happening and they are just going to have to get over it and move on, which is great for getting shit done. Though if you have to deal with office politics that's less applicable unless you are at the yolo end of the do I look like I give a f**k scale.