Based on what you said I think that you should change jobs. Too much toxicity and obvious incompatibility with the company preferred approach to working.
Absolutely, I'm keeping an eye out. Unfortunately, due to path dependence in jobs, it takes a while to find a better place. Plus this company culture is very typical in Australia, so you're looking at a small percentage of the market.
I also am reluctant to just outright write a post that says "find me a job" unless I'm in a dire circumstance, as that seems like an abuse of my reader's email list, so I'm doing it the old-fashioned way.
The reality is that most companies are dysfunctional and caputed by the professional managerial class, people with few other skills than nepotism and favour trading, and that would crawl over broken glass to avoid doing something that benefits customers, shareholders or employees.
I also am reluctant to just outright write a post that says "find me a job" unless I'm in a dire circumstance, as that seems like an abuse of my reader's email list, so I'm doing it the old-fashioned way.