Exactly. They’ll claim “it’s just business” when they need to lay off half their workers and squeeze anyone left twice as hard but when it’s something upsetting to them, all the studies in the world won’t convince them to loosen their leashes.
I had a ceo who was all about data driven decisions. It was a core company value. They put it on tshirts.
Workers pointed out that studies were showing 4 day work weeks were good on most metrics. He didn’t give a single shit. Just laughed and said we’re not doing that.