SE has historically been REALLY bad with hierarchy. XI's linkshell design was the worst - only one leader and if he disappeared, you'd have to recreate the shell.

I had noticed that I have the ability to demote my boss in the FC - yea this is a TERRIBLE design. I thought when SE copied the guild format from other games they would actually copy it in a way that made sense. Not so much. This is something that needs to be PRIORITIZED.