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Because it's not about efficiency, or getting things done, or anything like that. And it never was.
In corporate environments it's everyone for themselves and everyone has different goals that often conflict with the overall goal of the company.
The CEO wants to get their bonus, so they do whatever's in their KPI, no matter how dumb it is.
The managers want to make themselves look good, so they do whatever they can to look better than the other managers. Even if it's stupid and hurts the company, all that doesn't matter. Even if they know it's stupid.
Workers want to either make themselves look good to get promotions, or they want to look like they are doing enough to keep their job.
Nobody has the actual long-term success of the company in mind, as long as everything runs good enough that they don't lose their job.
Fireing people is something investors like, because it makes money in short time. And if you can figure out an excuse that makes it look like you are doing this to create long-term profit, then you are a genius. No matter if it's actually long-term profitable.