I was in a horrible position a few years ago. My manager and I were BOTH remote from the main HQ. A VP joined, moved to the HQ and then systematically dismantl

I was in a horrible position a few years ago. My manager and I were BOTH remote from the main HQ. A VP joined, moved to the HQ and then systematically dismantled her. It was easy to do because he was on-site and she wasn't. I got caught in the cross fire. It caused incredibly weird hidden and secretive politics to have this guy in the HQ with F2F access to all the "key people." Politically it was "unwinnable." If you want to "win" politics, have to go in. I personally didn't want to win, turned out badly for me. I just wanted to do work. Before I knew it, entire division a toxic political nightmare. Remote work can hide extreme political disfunction from upper management. I dont know what they could have looked at to see the problem in that group. Remote work can hide a lot of toxic behavior.