Curious about  

So I've always been curious about something and I absolutely know this is not the place to ask this question but I'm going to anyway.

Why do companies not do surveys? Couple examples...

A company is planning on changing their pay structure. Structure A) is to leave it the same, Structure B)Would increase salary but also increase cost of benefits, Structure C) etc... Why not put it out to the department(s) that it would affect and let the majority vote on what they would like to see. Maybe even discuss it in an open form, or allow a comment period for their reasoning? Then make a change based on that information.

An operations department needs to make a change to the Operations Manual that will affect how flight releases are issued. What management thinks would work doesn't work on the line. Why not have an open comment period on it before making any drastic changes?

I've worked for quite a few companies in my 25+ year helicopter career and never once has anyone in management ever asked the line if something would work or not. It usually leads to pilots/mechanics saying "Yeah, we try to follow that, but it doesn't really work that way." Or Pilots/Mechs lying and saying "Yeah, we comply with that." when in reality they don't because it's a bull rule that doesn't work as intended.

Now, with that said, I understand sometimes there is pressure from the FAA or governing body that says you must make a change by ____ date to not allow that to happen again, but I'm not talking about those times.

It's easy for me to say "If I owned a company, I would do it this way..." So what am I missing? Why do companies just make changes and then say "make it work!"