There are many different priorities for a company, some focus on their employees, other focus on their pocketbooks. There are also many ways to allocate resources to better your company. It is a very popular practice for a company to allocate more resources to marketing a product and developing the product rather than spending those same resources on the employees selling and making the product itself. Some reasons for this would be dependent on the company itself and what their work culture is. If the company is all about profits and moving as much product as possible, you would see this practice. If the company would be more community focused or quality focused then they might invest more into the ones actually handling the products itself. Some positives to focusing on the products and other aspects of the business is that it may be able to grow quicker and more substantially since this tends to lead to a great influx of capital coming into the company from its patrons. However, a downside is that this isn’t too sustainable. Not focusing on your staff and employees could lead to higher turnover, lower quality of product, as well as potentially negative reviews. Your employees are your structural foundation. A company is like a building, it can’t stand without a strong foundation.