I feel like the title is a bit clickbaity. This post is more of a rant against poor management than actual data work per se. That being said it's true that unlike other roles such as developers, artists, copywriters, etc. that still can produce tangible elements of the product under poor leadership, data will be the first victim of poor management and will have a higher probability of not producing anything at all.

Data buy-in within a company is absolutely essential for it to work.