>My theory on larger organizations having this issue is that there's quite a lot of bloat and a lot of fear that if you're not doing anything, you will be restr

>My theory on larger organizations having this issue is that there's quite a lot of bloat and a lot of fear that if you're not doing anything, you will be restructured. Personally, I don't blame the teams who act and behave in this way - I would hold the senior leadership responsible for fixing the culture. Unfortunately, most are focused on business results as opposed to fixing softer things like culture. Someone needs to make it such that visibility and accountability are just irrelevant - everyone is in it together, succeed together and fail together. Everything you've said matches what I've seen. For the most part I don't blame the teams either, especially teams like Data Engineering/Database who get blamed for everything even though they are downstream of a lot of data providers. >PS. Just noticed you're in data science? Funny coincidence that I am as well. One small benefit (or curse, depends on how you look at it) being in a Data Science role is that I get visibility into a lot of the business stuff (e.g. corporate strategy) that Engineering groups (in the Engineering Org) can be isolated from. It's an interesting (also, sometimes seemingly insane) space to be in right now.