Yes, SAFe does attempt to deal with this issue, but it's like moving food around on your plate - it's still there, and management still wants to tie activities to budget.
Whatever framework or philosophy or concept you use, it gets implemented by people in an organization.
If that organization is new and growing, it is graded by things like active user growth (top line); if that organization is established, it is graded by profit (bottom line).
The journey from top line to bottom line is where all the complications come in.
So I think the author is correct in their conclusion [0], but not in depth.
0. Engineers will tend to be sad in established orgs [cost centers], and happy in new orgs [product development].
Whatever framework or philosophy or concept you use, it gets implemented by people in an organization.
If that organization is new and growing, it is graded by things like active user growth (top line); if that organization is established, it is graded by profit (bottom line).
The journey from top line to bottom line is where all the complications come in.
So I think the author is correct in their conclusion [0], but not in depth.
0. Engineers will tend to be sad in established orgs [cost centers], and happy in new orgs [product development].