That's interesting to hear, it definitely sounds like the system may be having unintended consequences on overall productivity. Bulk categorizing of employees

That's interesting to hear, it definitely sounds like the system may be having unintended consequences on overall productivity. Bulk categorizing of employees could also be emblematic of management's inability to build a stable company culture. There doesn't seem to be a necessary reason to carry on the system as is, if access control can be dolled out sanely on project scale or a person by person basis.