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Things only work both ways when they are symmetrical relationships. In almost all cases your employer is in a stronger position.
by legulere 4y ago
Things only work both ways when they are symmetrical relationships. In almost all cases your employer is in a stronger position.
- WalterBright 4y agoI've been an employer and an employee. It is symmetric. Employees can and do negotiate, and if you do something they don't like, they walk away. You cannot make them do anything. If anything, it's the employee with more power. Employees have special rights. For example, meeting payroll is the first priority of any employer. Any disruption on that and the state will hammer the employer into a pulp. Employees have all sorts of legal advantages in pressing frivolous lawsuits against employers. I've had lawyers from BigCorp tell me they just settle the frivolous ones, because it's far cheaper than going to court, especially with the court heavily biased against them. The suing employees know this, which is why they do it. Employees can walk away at their whim. They can walk away if they don't like the cut of your jib, or because they don't want to work for a woman, or for any racist reason they feel like. An employer cannot. Employee candidates can ask any question they like of the potential employer. Not so the other way.