I'm a manager and is awful for us also. There's too many of us and layers upon layers so we just hold loads of meetings, most of the strategy is around squeezing the workforce in every was possible from pay, expenses, benefits, work, etc and spying on them.
The higher management don't realize that staff want pay and benefits for motivation.
Some managers are just bootlickers who like to lick the next layer brownnoses, they can't think for themselves or say hey that's not going to work or we can't keep screwing the staff.
By constantly beating the staff and keep promising them next year pay raises every year they realise we are not telling the truth.
it's very difficult to motivate staff, so many good people are leaving.
So, I've had enough... I'm off to a company where they treat staff much better so my job won't be about constant cuts meetings and brownosing.