This might sound silly -- especially to the HN audience -- but it's akin to the baptist church problem: one group doesn't like their senior pastor, so they take about half the congregation, go down the street, and say "we will do it right this time!" and now you end up with two split churches. This is basically why there are thousands of baptist churches in the south.
Another example it's related to is the XKCD standards comic. Rather than improve existing standards, the committee breaks off with dissenters, forms a new committee, and now you get "Situation: There are now 16 competing standards"
edit: Better Solution? Talk to recruiters? Let them know you won't consider places that force you to play "dance monkey". The letting them know part is key. More broadly: maybe unionize?
Another example it's related to is the XKCD standards comic. Rather than improve existing standards, the committee breaks off with dissenters, forms a new committee, and now you get "Situation: There are now 16 competing standards"
edit: Better Solution? Talk to recruiters? Let them know you won't consider places that force you to play "dance monkey". The letting them know part is key. More broadly: maybe unionize?