[johbjo]

"The reward system on the corporate ladder has become inextricably attached to a kind of professional abuse - that the only way to rise within a company is to be able to 'take control' of a department and its people."

For people who have seen this, no citations are needed. It's like stating "water flows downhill."

[troyvit]

No it's not. It's like looking at the cloudy sky and saying "all sky is gray."

I have seen it in other places, but not in the majority of places I've worked.