Who is deciding compensation/hiring/terminations? Are there separate leaders in each nation independent of the others?
*cringes in multiple ways*
This is fairly typical for accountancy and law firms.
More explanation here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_services_networks
WTF - I am being downvoted for explaining this above? Pure facts!
You can read more about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deloitte#Legal_structure