> Intuitively this shouldn't be possible as it's acting against the company's own self-interest despite being in the interest of the shareholders (and the buyer), but I think "the company's interest" in practice is defined by "the owners' interest" (and the owners in this case are the shareholders, who sell the company). I guess corporations aren't people after all.
Or maybe they are too much like people. Right now there's a bunch of things that I should be doing, that would be in my best interest - continue with my TODO list, or do some exercises. Instead, I'm browsing HN. This shouldn't be possible, but it is, because I'm a human - what I want to do, what's in my best interest, and what I actually do are three different things, and rarely aligned.
(Ironically, in humans this is usually called an issue with executive functioning, whereas in companies, it's the reverse.)
Or maybe they are too much like people. Right now there's a bunch of things that I should be doing, that would be in my best interest - continue with my TODO list, or do some exercises. Instead, I'm browsing HN. This shouldn't be possible, but it is, because I'm a human - what I want to do, what's in my best interest, and what I actually do are three different things, and rarely aligned.
(Ironically, in humans this is usually called an issue with executive functioning, whereas in companies, it's the reverse.)