Not one or two but four of my managers and senior managers held grudge, and were condescending, disparaging and threatening subordinates all the time. Managers simply didn't care about people's personal or emotional needs even in extreme cases of death of loved ones (e.g. spouse, parent) let alone everyday challenges that necessitate flexible work schedule. Work-life balance is a cruel joke and remote work is an alien concept altogether, strongly discouraged and requests are mostly denied as top leaders simply don't trust their employees and want to see bodies in office instead. Who gets the office cubicles closer to windows depends on their perceived performance. Those doing menial tasks can just forget about being able to look outside the window once in a while from their chairs. There's no respect, no dignity once your manager dislikes you because you disagreed with them. It's the manager's way or the highway. There's no healthy debate because managers behave like they know everything about everything. There's no meaningful training that addresses one's true learning needs. If you don't know something already, you're automatically treated like you're incapable of learning.
Equally disturbing is how and how often managers' and senior leaders' offensive behavior is not just condoned but not even acknowledged. Human Resources employees conspicuously lack the "human" touch and feel and always side with the managers. So registering a formal complaint against mistreatment or rude behavior is guaranteed to backfire and met with elaborate retaliation schemes despite labor laws.
Despite constant verbal claims and comparisons to cultures at former parent Abbott Labs or erstwhile Hospira (now owned by Pfizer), leaders are more focused on petty politics and constantly engaged in infighting or punishing or finding faults in employees than building a differentiating work culture that values basic trust, human dignity, collaboration, innovation, appreciation and recognition - even simple verbal acknowledgment - for employees' hard work and contributions, and above all one common code of conduct for everyone regardless of their hierarchical position.
