Because Serge feels entitled to the dominant bargaining position he has in Russia and wants to cast the workforce empowerment in SF as a failure of employee cha

Because Serge feels entitled to the dominant bargaining position he has in Russia and wants to cast the workforce empowerment in SF as a failure of employee character rather than as an employee victory. The alternative is to admit that he's taking advantage of his employees because he can. Rationalization is much easier.