[scottyah]

...yes? You just described every large organization/company ever.

[twblalock]

And academia is even worse!

Any large organization where people have the ability to create little fiefdoms will result in this eventually.

[eitally]

No. This is absolutely false. I don't think anyone who hasn't been inside of Google can possibly understand how "differently" (one might even say "Googley") dysfunctional it is.

[scottyah]

Have you worked in government/defense? I only know two people who have jumped to google and they did not think google was as bad.