I guess this brings up another idea. The nature of the business is, employer's rarely ever have to hire an employee who knows how to negotiate, knows when to w

I guess this brings up another idea. The nature of the business is, employer's rarely ever have to hire an employee who knows how to negotiate, knows when to walk away from a deal, and knows their market price. Most employees you've ever worked with are not quite that clever. Most employers vastly prefer employing this slightly dim type of employee, because they cost a lot less money and ask for a much simpler quid pro quo. I find capitalism extremely exploitative like that. At least with unions you have a hustling union boss advocating for the union employee so employees don't get ripped off too much. Now it seems like the vast majority of people I work with are tired parents in their 30s and 40s, who are working a job they don't love for not all that much money. Because they don't have the resources, socioeconomic and otherwise, to bargain and argue their corner.