All the negativity at Piedmont is warranted. Even if I lived in a Piedmont base it would still be my last choice out of all regionals and that’s not an exaggeration. Their pilot group deserves QOL improvements more than anybody else.
If you actually have friends that are happy there I would guess they haven’t been there more than 1 to 1.5 years. That or they don’t speak to anyone that flies for anybody else to know how truly far behind their work rules and trip credits are.