My dad frequently says that sooner or later the finance guys get in charge of the company and then they cut the fat and keep cutting into the product. Sooner or

My dad frequently says that sooner or later the finance guys get in charge of the company and then they cut the fat and keep cutting into the product. Sooner or later they go too far. Seems fairly inevitable, seems to happen a lot. I assume that what happens is that the product matures, so the obvious thing to do is make things more financially efficient. Problem is, the company sells a product and the finance CEO's core competency is reducing costs, and reducing costs isn't something that customers actually buy.