Here's a brutal observation: anyone below the age of 45 still working for this company mid 2022 is simply stuck, unemployable elsewhere and so left to put up with a increasingly toxic work-place. The smart ones that could/can easily transition to other companies or industries have already left or about to in 2022.
Good luck to those who remain, buckle up. Little to no raises, dying industry, incompetent, out-of-touch and corrupt management is here to stay. Also here to say: children of past incompetent management! There are so many of them clogging up the system and requiring babysitting so they succeed at all costs.
Truth is our systems are so controlled, inefficient and old that folks can't even think for themselves. Take controllers for example: so called intelligent accountants who can't do actual accounting! Why: Dataflex does everything for them with all those endless conforms designed to 'id--t-proof' reporting for these so called smart accountants. What happens when you leave?? How will you market yourself? 'I completed conform 100 & 200 & etc etc.' ..... nobody cares, literally nobody cares. If you're smart, get out now before it's too late. As for 'stewardship' reporting, don't even get me started on how utterly useless those skills are to the outside world.
If you can, get out now! Unless of course you're motivated only by a pay-cheque and couldn't care less about being challenged intellectually (i.e. most supervisors and managers at Imperial - they can't even hold a conversation beyond the mundane oil & gas or their vacation in Hawaii or wait for it: sports).
Happy new year