Pros
Lower-level staff is intelligent, dedicated, and truly invested in the work
Cons
That same momentum that is cultivated at the lower-level is stifled by inept upper level leadership. VPs are happy to plan and strategize endlessly without ever executing, because once activity starts there is opportunity to fail. Management style prioritizes communication that is contradictory and withholding. It's like pulling teeth to get the information required to complete any project and employees with proactive approaches, or who take initiative are vilified. Leaders scrutinize, micromanage, and undercut their employees. Any form of respectful dissent is stifled and ignored. Intelligent and capable staff, who have a lot to offer the organization long-term, are leaving prematurely.