[CaptainOfCoit]

I'm not sure, just last year a company I contracted for had the same issue, but this time with a person from Google who were trying their hardest to employ "Google-like" processes onto something that really shouldn't have been so complicated.

I think every company that has a "strong culture", no matter what direction, tends to impact people deeply enough that they try to take that with them when they join new places, often creating lots of friction and adding complexity where there shouldn't be any.