That's just a fractal version of this same problem. Most of us are here to get work done and earn a living, and not to role play palace intrigue. But certainl

That's just a fractal version of this same problem. Most of us are here to get work done and earn a living, and not to role play palace intrigue. But certainly it's my experience that this toxicity comes from the top down and I have sympathy with managers who are putting their reports under unreasonable pressure because they are themselves under unreasonable pressure.