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by jscode 1592 days ago
I agree. Considering the complexity within organizations, imagine pleading your case to a couple of Stanford MBAs that are 1) incredibly smart, 2) operate in a PE culture that rewards managers that provide others with "negative feedback" to get results, and 3) believe in their hearts that cutting benefits is "optimizing" the business to maximize shareholder value. They can make a compelling counter-argument for just about anything.
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I did not meant it as criticism. And I can imagine that situation, which is why I choose a different path, to not be in that position in the first place.

Not saying that my path is better, definitely not money wise, but I knew early, that I do not get along with a culture, that is focused on assigning oversimplificated numbers to people, which is what MBA's seems to be mainly about.

I agreed with what you were saying and updated my previous comment for clarity.