Engineers like efficiency. We think of ourselves as handy generalists who can dive into any task. This necessarily puts us on the side of management regarding rules designed to ensure there is enough work to go around and limit the tasks that workers in specific roles are allowed to do. I’d genuinely take a pay cut to work in a high-functioning environment where workflows and systems are well orchestrated, rather than one where everything is an uphill slog due to arcane make-work rules. This is a character trait particular to tech industry folk, and may explain why we dislike old-school unions so much, even when they may be in our financial best interests.