It was getting much worse in the company I worked for the last five years I was there. I've heard it's gotten worse yet since the pandemic. We simply had managers at our company who were afraid of confrontation. It was much easier for them to cater to the employees who did the bare minimum work-wise but complained the loudest when they felt like they were mistreated or wronged. We had one woman who claimed she was "overly stressed" by her workload and would run to HR at the drop of a hat. Her workload was often divided up amongst the rest of the department and she was allowed to sit at her desk and color in an adult coloring book a few hours a day while the rest of the department did her work (and theirs). Another employee would schedule fake meetings and sit in conference rooms for hours at a time. Responsible people who didn't complain were rewarded with more work. This created a very demotivating environment.