No pun intended but I think there is a meta-game when it comes to being successful at a company. The surface level is to see companies as an entity that serves

No pun intended but I think there is a meta-game when it comes to being successful at a company. The surface level is to see companies as an entity that serves customers and by doing so generates profits and so you work hard to try and help the company achieve this. The deeper level is to see companies as a method of personal enrichment, and you optimise your behaviours for this. Some of this may overlap with the surface level, but things like EG building a bigger team than you need to justify your promotion to the next level obviously do not.