Asymetrical is not an essential part of the definition, but the fact that it consists of individual pacts. That's different from modern labour in that employer-

Asymetrical is not an essential part of the definition, but the fact that it consists of individual pacts. That's different from modern labour in that employer-employee relation has certain rights for the employee recognized because it's a one to many, powerful to powerless... considered individually, while with these rights recognized there's collective bargaining and government-mandated clauses. The feudalism term clearly seems to be introduced because of that, not because something's good or bad or whatever, but because it's atomizing labour relations.