[pinewurst]

My last employer was/is very much this, with the VP layer imported from Google. They don't even know the area the (tech) company operates in, but in meetings it's a drinking game to count their (almost always inappropriate) mentions of the Ol' Goog.

[asielen]

My current place is like this but with Salesforce leadership. I call it big company syndrome. They are so far removed from the actual work and just like to reminisce about the old days.

Their first inclination is always to try to implement whatever they were doing there. But this is a very different industry and marke. Every few months we end up rolling back their "great" Salesforce ideas.