Alot of it comes down to culture,
You sound like you're around a company like Modern Niagara or Fox.
I've used them as a subtrade when I'm subbed in as a Superintendent for my sites... they've gonethe way of the snowflake for sure.
Fitters used to be harder than the pipe they welded lol
A lot of it is culture
I own a Union company (Carpenters)
We cant get anyone from our local as they are complete bitches....
So we hire, Sign and train internally.
Weve built s culture of being hard as fuck.
My guys are all ex cons, lifters and country boys... no time for being a bitch lol.
If I ever smelled a pansy "Born to be union" snowflake, I fired them immediatly... (I get grieved a few times a month lol)
PRs conversations or PL form is a common conversation on my sites.
Like I said, I welded a power rack in my warehouse so the lads can do some lifting after work hahaha.
I guess I dont really see much of what your talking about... mainly because I'm a Senior Partner/Owner.
Everyone is always nice to the guy that signs POs and paychecks lol.
I think society in general is becoming a bunch of useless pansies, I think that's just the western way of life now.
That will happened at my company.. when I'm cold and dead in the fucking ground.