Individual incentive. Every manager wants a bigger team and impactful projects for their resume. This bubbles up to the top, where rarefied execs don't see a

Individual incentive. Every manager wants a bigger team and impactful projects for their resume. This bubbles up to the top, where rarefied execs don't see a reason to go to war with their own org and possibly lose. As long as it's still profitable, everyone's doing fine.