"That efficiency actually doesn't matter. People don't work to achieve anything. They work to get paid." That is fine, but now you are stuck playing politics.

"That efficiency actually doesn't matter. People don't work to achieve anything. They work to get paid." That is fine, but now you are stuck playing politics. You have to keep whoever is in charge of the money happy. And no value is created because everyone is trying to avoid getting blamed for problems. Obviously, real companies, making real software also have to keep customers happy, but at least those requirements are somewhat predictable as they are tied to the real world use case, and real world value customers are getting from the product.