Making it impossible to work with clients also tends to lead to the loss of those clients and as a result changing one's employer due to the employer no longer

Making it impossible to work with clients also tends to lead to the loss of those clients and as a result changing one's employer due to the employer no longer existing :) This includes the VPs in question so usually these things get fixed before it gets that far though. But not before everyone else in the org has had a chance to practice their facepalm skills though. In other words I feel your pain :)