Short or long term profit is a cultural thing, even some companies value the one over the other. There are also companies, that will never pay any employee more

Short or long term profit is a cultural thing, even some companies value the one over the other. There are also companies, that will never pay any employee more then the industry average. Those are factors that need to be considered. About people who fight, that's often really hard to judge. In some companies this is how change happens, and it's appreciated in the end (or not).