2020 International LTs vs. Volvos

When I started with my company, it had mostly 5 year old Volvos with manual transmission, but also a few newer Volvo automatics. It got rid of the older Volvos and replaced them with 2020 International LTs. (These are all day cabs.) I was surprised at how much I hate the Internationals and am wondering if it's just me over-reacting. Is it normal for people to have very strong preferences for one truck over another? Is there that much difference between truck brands and how they drive? And if it makes such a difference to me, why don't the differences show up in any truck reviews? It's all stuff that drivers care about but fleet managers don't?

I much prefer the steering of the Volvos. I was bouncing off the lines like a ping-pong ball the first time I got an International up to Interstate speeds and although I got more used to the steering, I still feel like I have to fight the steering more than with the Volvos.

Our Internationals have Endurant 12-speed transmissions that run off air pressure somehow. If you have to go backwards and forwards too much, you run out of transmission air pressure and can't move until the air pressure builds back up. The truck takes a long time to shift gears and partially because of that, the truck is a dog at low speeds. If you set the cruise control at 53 MPH on level ground (faster if you are running into the wind), the truck keeps cycling between 11th and 12 gears because the truck slows down too each time it tries to upshift and has to downshift back to 11th. The transmissions has a couple of kludgy ways to keep from rolling backwards when you start going forward, but sometimes they don't work, so sometime you wind up rolling backwards, then the truck won't try to go into gear until you stop the backwards motion (hopefully without hitting something). I don't understand how you can sell a truck like this, yet there are a bunch of them out on the roads. Is this normal?

I hate several things about how the cruise control works. Trying to set the speed faster or slower often sets the target to your current speed. When you use the resume button, the truck slows down first before speeding up. If you are in a curve, the truck waits until the wheels are straight before trying to resume to the set speed. etc. etc.

If the sun is overhead, the shape of the hood reflects the sun right into your eyes. The work light and catwalk are far worse than with the Volvos.

Don't even get me started on the wingman system.

So am I just overreacting here, or what?