It doesn't seem stupid at all. It seems brave and like it has a lot of business value. Why not expose the poor performing managers who are structurally protected by bureaucratic rot. Being a good person is good for business.
"Going public" is counter-productive if you are in a good faith organization that values feedback.
If you are in an organization that doesn't value your feedback then your feedback is irrelevant. Going public just makes it harder for you to get a job elsewhere.
Look, we've all had bad bosses and crappy managers. This isn't some surprising revelation. When you bad-mouth an ex employer in an interview, or in public, the next employer is wondering "what will you say about me to the next guy?"
Past behavior is an excellent predictor of future behavior. And when an employee shows you their approach to solving interpersonal issues, believe them.
- Is the employee including enough information and examples, and are those specific and strong enough, to communicate the toxic behavior?
- Does the employee strip out emotion from their post?
If yes, it tends to be well received. I.e. "Yes, that is shitty behavior that shouldn't happen in a workplace"
That's the difference between spotlighting and venting.
The former highlights something that objectively exists; the latter is more about you.
I blame it on movies and TV.
It is a flaw in the system, given the prevalence unchecked.
If we're using legal slavery as an example, countries that abolished slavery early ended up being more productive because employees actually want to work/innovate/create quality goods. By hiring slaves or treating your employees like crap, you're voluntarily specializing in the low-end of whatever market you're in, because your employees don't care about the product.
That's rarely the most profitable move unless you have a monopoly or a commodity good, like the examples you've provided.
We're doing this experiment right now in Canada by importing millions of temporary foreign workers/international students to work in slave-like conditions. If ruthless toxic slavery worked, we should be making more money. In reality, our GDP/capita has dropped continuously since 2019 indicating we're actually less profitable per person.