People seem to internalize and conform to the organizational imperative, either because they're well-compensated, they have family or external dependencies of h

People seem to internalize and conform to the organizational imperative, either because they're well-compensated, they have family or external dependencies of high salary and stability, or they've numbed themselves to how organizations of people tend to turn into. Whichever of these, it's a self-selection bias of who remains long enough to get promoted upwards.