I think people are overblowing the director thing. Assuming director is just shorthand for ADR director, and not some new kind of director, Vic wouldn't have any particular power over at Funi.
An ADR director gets assigned to localize a show, and while he would have overall creative control over it, it's just for that show. If one of the writers tried to insert a cringey political line, he could tell them to knock it the fuck off, because he's the director. But if another writer in another show wrote an equally stupid line Vic couldn't exert any kind of power, since he's not directing that particular show.
More than any kind of real power, the Funi clique just couldn't bear the thought of seeing Vic every day, and possibly being nice to him in the event he directed the big new show of the month/season/year.