The executives have a terminal case of MBA-brain and have zero clue of what the lab staff actually do (and they couldn't care less to learn what they do). We made do with broken equipment, poorly implemented and barely functional IT systems, barely functional computers, workflows that were designed in 2014 for 20% of the current sample volume (and not maintained over 10+ years), and severe understaffing. Any attempt to ask help on these problems is met with unrelenting refusal by the executives. Then they are confused as to why turnover is so high and morale is so low. Workers really need to unionize to push back.
Pay is well below average, benefits are average, and there's next to no way to move up in the company.
