You might be that rare breed of manager that knows how to manage their subordinates without micromanaging people and gets a sense of accomplishment out of seeing your organization of your reports resulting in tasks being completed rather than lording over a sea of butts in seats.

If so, kudos.

It's probably more the propertied class leaning on the board who in turn lean on senior management. "Do you want the board to approve that x million dollar bonus this year or not? We need rents back up."

this push isn't coming for low level employees so its obviously coming from management level.

Not all of you are sociopaths. But I would recommend looking around and seeing who is in your organization.

Because they’re not helping anyone but themselves.