> but it should not become Mission A of the company, or engineering (and other) talent will look elsewhere.

There's 3 things that I judge an employer by

1) Sector the company is in (Space, electric cars - Yay)

2) Revenue/Growth of the company (pie grows, does your share?)

3) Company culture (that's catch-all, but if you want a negative see that "don't hire the hot girl" guy)

A lot of ways I care more about the sector, because that's the thing I cannot hope to influence, but the rest is actually open to improvement if you're high enough on the ladder.

I think the "bean counting led" is a failure on #3, but might be a win on #2.