You are looking everything from your own tunnel of vision, and assuming the world is as what you see

From my experience of almost 40 years of working life, I have encountered many types of colleague, staff, bosses...from high level to low level.

There are a very wide spread of characters and their approach towards their job.

Some are really passionate about what they do. While some characters are hopeless. They are unhappy no matter what they do

Proactive, pragmatic, positive, hardworking, easy going, responsible, strong leadership are some common characters which make a person a happy worker who can excel in their career. These are the "gigolo" type of workers
From day 1 I have already mentioned this to you in stock market forum :

Wealth is not accumulated through cost savings. It is accumulated through how you expand your income

Cost saving can only allow you to reach a certain level. To go beyond that, you must know how to make money