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You're missing the point. It's not about entitlement or rights. The point the GP is making is that in a true startup situation, either everyone rows in the sa
by dasil003 4y ago
You're missing the point. It's not about entitlement or rights. The point the GP is making is that in a true startup situation, either everyone rows in the same direction, or the business fails and everyone loses their job. This is a very different situation from an established large-scale business. You might say: "doesn't matter, worker rights are worker rights, and it's on the entrepreneur to make sure he can meet the legal obligations". That's fine if you feel that way, but you'll get a startup ecosystem more like France than the US though.
- jakelazaroff 4y agoI'm not missing the point. I just disagree with it. I don't see "business fails" as an inherently bad thing. Some businesses aren't viable and that's okay! To use your rowing analogy: presumably, unless someone is actively trying to sabotage the team, everyone is rowing in the same direction. The issue is more, are the rowers being given enough breaks? Are they demanding too many? Is the captain beating them if they don't row fast enough? etc etc. We can quibble about where the lines are. But if the boat can't stay afloat without pushing workers to their breaking points, then maybe the boat deserves to sink.
- dasil003 4y agoYou've set up a strawman that has nothing to do with what the GP said.