Such people are often employed by law enforcement agencies worldwide, as a sort of litmus test of your citizenry and capability as a human being when faced with the living embodiment of the dense bureaucracy that haunts most officialdoms.  They also tend to be employed as door men, gate agents, customer service counter holders, standover men, and are seen with alarming density in the airline industry.

In corporate organizations anyone "above" the rank-and-file is suspect.  Middle-management tends toward kingdom building as a first priority of the day, in that they take every breath scheming their next move to create a new power base that relies on their steadfast zealotry and narrow-minded behavior. They tend to surround themselves with allies that operate under the higher principal of the middle manager, rather than operating under the delusional grandeur that is Company, Fraternity, Equality.

In these choke points of shady ethics and nepotism, one can expect to be employed by small-headed sycophants who have little to no regard for the work already done, the work being done, or the work that needs to be done.  Instead you will toil under the delusional footprint of some sort of grubby middle-management alternate reality, some place where the "important" work is nothing but self-aggrandized hand waving and the appearance of fine words of dire warning about budgetary needs and goals to be reached contained in powerpoint slide decks. These powerpoint slides are used to offload thinking in larger companies; one should approach them with the same intellectual respect and command authority that one gives a poster of a kitten on a clothesline (captioned "hang in there").

It can be assumed that the atmosphere in such a dire location would be nearly unavoidably filled with newspeak, corporatism, jingo-ism, and the almighty quarterly report. It can also be assumed that anyone with a lick of sense would prefer death by asphyxiation under the buttocks of a Greyhound Bus Lines driver or passenger on a muggy day in Mississippi.

It is at this point in your career that you will need to consider the alternatives available to you.

I suggest taking the nearest twit firmly by the lapels and ramming your forehead into his nose with enough speed and force to dislodge any future misguided attempts at managerial idealism.  This is a preventative measure best endured when one has had at least a four martini breakfast, and one can be assumed to have the correct motivation, drive, and apparent reckless numb stupidity to pass for one of those in charge.

For the non-violent types, the best way to approach situations such as this (when they become untenable) is to turn the whole thing into a game, and treat those in small-minded positions of authority as pawns in a larger field of play.  You can then sabotage or otherwise relieve command from those who would attempt to poison and destroy your brothers, playing one side versus another, using tactics and subterfuge to undermine the goals of like-minded co-workers.

Of the myriad options available, know that none will provide the deep satisfaction gained by simply getting up,

and walking out.