It&#x27;s nasty because everyone is sublimating the frustration of their autonomy. Their accumulated resentment inspires an &quot;I&#x27;ll get my turn&quot; narrative. Eventually it&#x27;s up or out. If it&#x27;s up then their narrative crystalizes around an identity which is responsible for the output of their unit. They go into fearless commander mode. AKA: narcissism. Ownership sees them as obsequiously adaptable. Fuck the details. They <i>have</i> the best people. Trust them. Then they extract the costs from those beneath them. They just have to work 1% harder than their unit. Meanwhile work-ethic is attributed to character and not compensation. Thus, under-compensated workers can be shamed into over-working. This completes the cycle with another wave of narcissists and (d)ejected losers. Ownership promotes this because they&#x27;ve <i>decided</i> that labor is otherwise fundamentally unmotivated. They don&#x27;t care about the externalities.