Then the comment that they aren't effective seems... highly questionable. For a bunch of folks new to beign a union, having major results in under a month is not a reasonable expectation.
So much for not making your fellow posters do the heavy lifting of educating you, I guess. FIrst, let us start with how "current employees" is not the approporiate mark. Anyone familiar with the management team (like SKR, who isn't a current employee, but has solid experience with them) is a reasonable source of information.
Sean K Reynolds, Diego Valdez, Jessica Price, and Crystal Frasier have all made relevant statements about management at Paizo. And that's after two minutes with EN World's search function.