"If a firm found a way to keep high end workers for cheap" What is a "firm"? Most executives in a company optimize for they own benefit, not for yours, not for

"If a firm found a way to keep high end workers for cheap" What is a "firm"? Most executives in a company optimize for they own benefit, not for yours, not for the "firms". There is a famous article frm HBR. How to manage your boss https://hbr.org/2005/01/managing-your-boss https://hbr.org/2005/01/managing-your-boss (paywalled but I am sure you can find it for free on the net). You have to make your boss happy. In some cases this may be done by an outstanding performance. In most cases it is done by being a good talker, walking overtime, look busy, give him a blow job under the table, whatever. But it is rarely connected with your real job performance. And again, how to measure performance? Performance for the company or performance for your superior?