Letters to the Editor
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There's a Place For Everyone
I have worked in about 20 different places and they all have different corporate personalities. Ignoring LW's mother being a weapon's grade harpy, I will address the issues of cultural fit.
First of all, if you feel that everyone else is moving too slowly, you may consider changing to a company that moves fast and has an aggressive workforce. Of course, one hazard of that is that you will not get direction from a manager, you will be told "Hit the ground running." I have worked in places like that and you often won't get direction, but that never stopped anyone. If you want direction, then you must be willing to take it.
Since Cary edited the letter, I don't see the full thrust of it, but I detect a whiff of narcissism and entitlement. I meet people from the upper classes in other countries and they can either be very professional or they can step on everyone's toes. Be mindful that when you take on other people's work, you make them look bad, you take away something they may enjoy doing and/or feel ownership of. No one likes to be shown up and it sounds like you are doing it. Chill out and step back. Stop stepping all over people. You'll have plenty of time to do that when you are a CEO.
And if the ghost of your mother continues to annoy you, go to medical school and become a doctor. That is unarguably the highest status job someone can have, short of becoming the Queen of England, as far as mothers are concerned.