[throwawaymlc]

I reached this conclusion embarrassingly recently, after a few attempts at increasing productivity rapidly that were not well-received by coworkers.

Having thought about it more, it makes sense. Businesses are generally not paying developers by the hour, so why would they care about productivity when they can just pressure people to work extra hours, pretend it's a one-off crunch, make vague promises of future remuneration, or bring onboard inexpensive junior developers to work through their low-productivity processes?