No. All protestants (as a generalization) recognize a submission to a church. How far that submission goes is the question, both in hierarchy and in truth.
Many forms of Protestantism are congregationally aligned, wherein the local church has independence or priority over/from hierarchy, which becomes nothing more than convenience in tying various independents together. Even the more hierarchical branches are becoming very wary of their hierarchy, because most of the apostasy that they are expected to swallow has been shoved down their throats from on high... So 'higher authority' is getting a very bad name (as Anglican/Episcopalians can no doubt testify).
And without a doubt, ALL protestants feel keenly that if their particular church or denomination is not following the Word, it is a personal call to put on the walking shoes. So you won't get far leaning upon robes of office for any automatic authority. What you DO matters way more than what you ARE.
And finally, the vast majority of denoms and independents roundly reject the idea of a priest - there is no need or call for one to stand between the penitent and the divine, as He who stands as such is Master of us all. That particular beef should be of no surprise, as that uncomfortable difference has been present all the way along between the majority of Protestants and their more liturgical brethren. Most will recognize the role of an Elder or Pastor... Who stands alongside the penitent to help and guide.
“So ‘higher authority’ is getting a very bad name (as Anglican/Episcopalians can no doubt testify).”
The laity votes in many of these decisions, and are as much to blame as Clergy are. It is not the “hierarchy”, per se, it is the sinful times we live in.
Oddly, the RCC (which many roundly criticize as a “hierarchy”) has retained it’s intergrity to a much greater extent than the Episcopal Church, the Methodist Church, and the Presbyterian Church.
Even secularists like to talk about the “pedophile Priests” in the RCC, for some reason they are silent when it comes to the unrepentant sinners in the Bishopric of the Episcopal church.