I am currently in academia, I have tenured offers and I am thinking about industry for the same reasons as the OP. I actually found his description to be a rea

I am currently in academia, I have tenured offers and I am thinking about industry for the same reasons as the OP. I actually found his description to be a really accurate diagnosis of the issues that plague large organizations. Big corporations will be the same, but small startups won't because due to their size and age entropy is low. Chains of command are short. There is little room for politics. Of course, startups have lots of other issues. Long working hours and job insecurity. There is no free lunch. Management is hard.