There's a bigger thing around this too. One thing I've noticed visiting a lot of companies is that memories of good times can negatively impact assessments of t

There's a bigger thing around this too. One thing I've noticed visiting a lot of companies is that memories of good times can negatively impact assessments of the present. People with very good work conditions may always long for that time when their favorite manager was there, or when the company was riding a wave of success. Their conditions may be objectively better than many other companies but because they had a great situation at one point, everything else pales in comparison. It can take years for that to change.