Eric Siu argues that saying no to resource requests keeps companies lean and profitable. He contrasts experienced executives who don't ask for more with younger employees who want higher pay without putting in the work, framing frugality as a core leadership principle.
The people at your company are always going to ask for more resources, and your job is to be as frugal as possible and tell them no. Yeah, dude, they all want more resources. But what we found is most of our leadership are executives who've been in our space for a long time. None of them ask for more resources. We typically have that issue with the younger generation. Yeah, because nobody want to work. Everybody wants to get paid, but nobody wants to work.
