[dear]

I used to work in a tech company where the cofounders hired a lot of their family and friends/hobby buddies, beside the real workers. Of course it was the real workers who did the actual work. The family and friends just sat around chatting, surfing all day everyday but they were getting paid and getting stock options. Some of them were in 'technical' roles and a few of them were in 'managerial' positions. If they were to do any real work, they usually screwed up. So nobody would expect anything from them but they stayed anyway. Unreal!

But they were quite friendly! People didn't hate them.

What you are dealing with is quite common in the corporate world. There are incompetent people everywhere at every level. They take a free ride. There is not much you can about it if it's coming from the top.