[hbsbsbsndk]

I've never actually worked in an org where infra could overrule product in such a way. If some director wants a whizbang new database your job is to facilitate the resulting tire fire.

[bombela]

And you bet the director will never be held accountable.

[jcgrillo]

Incentives: you lose a nine of uptime you (ops director) lose a finger.

Authority: you, ops director, decide what goes in production and what doesn't.

[stackskipton]

I've seen it but it's pretty rare. It got worse when Amazon/Google promotion systems started leaking into rest of business borg groupthink.