The origin of the gripe is that there's a lot of people collecting paychecks for good thoughts that steer a product/company when their most notable contribution

The origin of the gripe is that there's a lot of people collecting paychecks for good thoughts that steer a product/company when their most notable contribution is shit into the company toilet that somehow takes 20 minutes to push out. If they are working hard, many people aren't going to respect busting ass on adtech or consulting shakedowns. Since the uptick in work-from-home, I've been astonished at the number of people I know collecting a paycheck for generating completely negligible value. There's a lot of well-paid positions that are almost certainly contributing less value to society than a dishwasher, and it doesn't have much to do with the dishwasher having a prodigious impact.