Because the company takes care of employees so well, the number of double-digit year employees is the rule, not the exception. 20+ year employees are everywhere. This results in a complacency with "how things have always been done". The long-term employees tend to bully the newcomers, and new ideas are definitely _not_ welcome in most environments, despite what is said. Think 1950's IBM - the managers are always right because you haven't been there as long as they have. A good purging of the long-term director-level would make the company much more agile and competitive in its practices. Don't just move them around, give them severance.