Although a growing mean-spiritedness has gripped Enbridge over the last five years, the work situation is still good for certain employees. If you are one of the employees that the ELT has a reason to protect, or if you are, in turn, protected by one of these protected employees, you are still in a good place.
The problem arises when these protected employees use their status to either bully or withhold necessary information from the unprotected employees.
Add job uncertainty to the mix and you get a psychological minefield for the employees in the trenches.
From my perspective, the employees with the highest levels of mental health in this tense situation cope by tuning out, doing their jobs as best they can under the circumstances, and preparing for an eventual layoff.
Well said OP ( @VTiOcN5-imb )!!!