That's an awful kind of organization because it deprives power from the product people while turning the technical people into internal contractors. While doing

That's an awful kind of organization because it deprives power from the product people while turning the technical people into internal contractors. While doing that, it puts individual under a dual headed management (technical and HR, or "solid" vs "dotted"). It's usually a compromise for organizations who don't really want to do housekeeping, sort of managing without hard decisions. It's not a good thing to be in.