If companies were run in a logical manner, then your thought process would be reasonable. Sadly, while there may be some logical people in a company, many comp

If companies were run in a logical manner, then your thought process would be reasonable. Sadly, while there may be some logical people in a company, many companies (most?) wind up not being run in a logical manner due to a wide variety of internal politics and societal issues. What you hope (and pray for) is that the logical people in a company are not also sociopaths, in which case you are really well and truly screwed.