Have you considered maybe you're treating your engineers like children? Why aren't they cognizant of the business realities? If they aren't on the same page as

Have you considered maybe you're treating your engineers like children? Why aren't they cognizant of the business realities? If they aren't on the same page as the business side, that's poor leadership on your part. I think everybody can appreciate that in order to keep the lights on sometimes you need to be in crisis mode, but if the company perpetually operates in crisis mode, then maybe the engineers aren't the problem. Here's the reality, and maybe you've forgotten: The engineers are the ones who are going to get dumped on, and you and the VP's are the ones who are going to reap the benefits. Never forget that.