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"I see employment relationships mostly the same way." It's not an equal relationship. One side usually has significantly more power than the other.
by crdoconnor 9y ago
"I see employment relationships mostly the same way."
It's not an equal relationship. One side usually has significantly more power than the other.
- valuearb 9y agoLOL. You've obviously never had to try to hire good employees.
- crdoconnor 9y agoOh, I have. The most eye opening part was realizing all of the host of variables which were factored into wage negotiations which had nothing to do with how good the employee was, including: * The irrational biases of other companies (even if we didn't care about you being a university grad, our commensurately lower wage offering reflected the fact that other companies did). * If the employee telegraphed an air of needing the job (e.g. people with a debts), they got offered commensurately less. It's an ugly process, truth be told.
- pmarreck 9y agoWhat is "relative power" in the context of, say, an employer with excellent business acumen, a manager with excellent interpersonal acumen and an employee with excellent technical acumen?
- crdoconnor 9y agoThe relative power is determined by who has the least to lose by walking away from a potential deal. People assume that that is all about skills but it isn't necessarily. An employee with a serious debt problem and a mortgage payment due soon will be more likely to accept a bad deal than an equally skilled employee who doesn't.