Ex-UPer here. What you write is very accurate. The lowly serfs feel/felt bad leadership imposing undue pressures on underlings. It was always amazing that management would boast about hiring. Everyone would get so excited to bring in people under you on the seniority roster.
Then it happens. The new workers are on board and the harrassment/discrimination begins within a hostile work environment, trying to run folks off. This is not hyperbole; but it happened 100% during my 20 yrs. And the scuttlebutt says it’s worse now after PSR (after my time).
Now comes the difference from before and now. The pay and benefits are not worth the imposing BS anymore. Ex-coworkers quitting is beyond belief. That NEVER happened until recently. And the bad reputation finally spread out into the public. It’s getting tough to bring in replacements.
I’m glad I’m gone...unsurprisingly.
Atlas is shrugging.