My opinion is that it sucks, and there is not much you can do about it if your business's marketplace pressures require extracting value rather than giving it away.
Hypothetically, insurance is an extraction business -- pay out as little as possible so you have more money than your competitors to pay out commissions and advertise. Commodity product manufacturing works the opposite direction, make and price your product for as little as possible so companies purchase from you (and arguably, you are extracting that value instead from your employees in terms of pay and safety.)
Hypothetically, insurance is an extraction business -- pay out as little as possible so you have more money than your competitors to pay out commissions and advertise. Commodity product manufacturing works the opposite direction, make and price your product for as little as possible so companies purchase from you (and arguably, you are extracting that value instead from your employees in terms of pay and safety.)