Comment Re: Yes (Score 2) 201
There was a scene in the show Silicon Valley where a CEO promised the engineers that he would never compromise the product.
In a different scene he clarified that the product is the company stock.
This is the case with any publicly traded company. You are a widget who is a cost. That cost is going to be minimized. The customer is a widget that brings in money. That is going to be maximized.
Thatâ(TM)s what the incentives in the stock market drive.