It seems like there’s a constant ideological battle between the financiers on one side who make remarks about “employees complaining about the quality of toilet paper” and on the other, tech workers who have been consistently highly valued in their companies not liking being treated as disposable.

I think we know how most of us on HN feel.

The counter argument to treating your employees worse seems to be well exemplified here:

https://steveblank.com/2009/12/21/the-elves-leave-middle-ear...