And in a free market if you don’t like any of the bosses out there, you become the boss
Oh Lord, not another person who’s never actually run a business. Let me break it down for you: your boss does not decide your salary. Customers decide your salary.https://twitter.com/Vanir85/status/1086021156375875585 …
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Actually the employee ultimately decides their salary, by either negotiating and staying, or leaving to work for that more “enlightened” employer that recognizes that workers value
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Or even better starting their own company.
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Plenty of bosses pay as little as they can get away with. In a full non-regulated capitalist society, I expect companies would quickly cooperate to push salaries down, because it would benefit the guys on top...
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...in fact I can guarantee that if there was no state to keep companies on a leash, the lowest paid workers would soon become the equivalent of medieval serfs or indentured servants; having to work for nothing but food and shelter. In practice owned by the company.
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Sounds like they might need to settle into some JM Keynes
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It's kind of a mix of both. The employer decides your salary, while the customer dictate how much they can give you.
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Not exactly true. Your boss may decide to give you the salary you'll settle for. Depends how disagreeable you are.
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You're not wrong. It's a combination of hyper agreeability and ignorance of labour laws that are often passively making it difficult for those who do stand up for themselves. 3x I've gotten a large severance while enforcing labour laws. Most bosses adore a yes man.
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Do they? I think most middle managers adore a "yes man". The actual boss is concerned with maximizing profit, and usually very agreeable people aren't the best performers.
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Yeah, that paradigm is prevalent in a mid to large sized corporate outfit. I had small business in mind, where the boss is more present, and franchised establishments where the "boss" is technically middle management.
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The under performance of the hyper agreeable is true and also the problem. They will agree to less pay and not make waves. Management values that over performance which is why the quality of so many goods and services are declining...in deference to manageable employees.
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I work in advertising. Sometimes it pays to be agreeable to clients. In many cases it's more profitable to compromise your integrity and keep a client than say the truth.
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Obviously. Hyper-agreeability isn't synonymous with tact, diplomacy, professionalism or situational awareness. Entirely different animals. The former relies on passivity or passive aggression, the latter on Assertiveness: fact based, ego balanced action.
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There's plenty of bosses out there that will pay their employees as little as they can get away with. The problem was much worse 120 years ago, but it's still an issue to some extent. We have worker protection rules for a reason.
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Pareto distribution. Look it up, people
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I just read that Youtube demonetized Tommy Robinson. Looks like his customers won't get to decide his salary, but Youtube sure is acting like the boss for lots of non-mainstream voices. Are you next?
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