The hierarchy of the large corporations pits management against the hands-on employee, you know the people that actually engage the customer. S**t flows down hill right?
It is? Guess I've been pretty insulated then. Large corporations I've worked for: Advance, CAF, Alstom. The last two are international companies, with locations and contracts around the globe.
I've never had a conflict with management fostered by the company environment. If a conflict existed it had more to do with a conflict of personalities. And trust me, I knew a lot of upper management in two of them.
The point of this post is to highlight the fact that this company really doesn't want to spend any more money than absolute necessary to keep the facility going.