[brudgers]

If the bugs don't change the bottom line, then the company is not dysfunctional. There's simply a mismatch between the expectations of an employee and the employer.

That is normal for someone working below a Senior Developer, a manager, and some unknown portfolio of VP's, Executive VP's, and C-level staff. A person that far down the food chain doesn't have a medium size picture, let alone the large one...i.e. the perception that the company is dysfunctional is not based on business metrics but "how I've always done stuff before."

[sombremesa]

Sometimes you can tell when a company is heading down the wrong road, but a person that far down the food chain has no power to change things, so the world gets a free case study.

[brudgers]

Only rarely are leaves of a tall org-tree positioned to expertly judge the sausage industry in general, its current trends, and the market advantages of its varied competitors.

[sombremesa]

As long as you don't turn that "rarely" into a "never", I agree.