That wasn't my experience - I've never seen anything like the politics I saw in an academic department in industry. It was one of the reasons I left as I got the distinct impression that you have to politic like mad to get ahead and that really didn't interest me.
UK rather than US though. You know what they say:
"Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low."
That wasn't my experience - I've never seen anything like the politics I saw in an academic department in industry. It was one of the reasons I left as I got the distinct impression that you have to politic like mad to get ahead and that really didn't interest me.
UK rather than US though. You know what they say:
"Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low."