There is no focus or direction. Middle management plays the executives like fools. Lies, made up stories and politics are all used so the less work gets done and they can watch CNN or Suns games without distraction.
Anyone with ideas on how to change things up or be more efficient is seen as a threat. They’ll even go so far spreading lies to get the executives to start hating the new employee.
Middle management even brags about having the CEO and executive under their thumb because they’ll believe anything they say. Too bad the CEO doesn’t realize they’ll waste $50K of his money to prove a point and laugh it off.