I mean that’s kinda the point right? Maintaining the power structure, keeping them in their place. “Making them miserable” is more or less the same thing, if

I mean that’s kinda the point right? Maintaining the power structure, keeping them in their place. “Making them miserable” is more or less the same thing, if by making them miserable you mean making them feel subordinate and powerless. But again, from the boss’s point of view that’s a positive.