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Of course it is adversarial (in a game theoretical sense). You are not doing any favours to the company and the company is not doing any favours to you; both ar
by andrepd 4y ago
Of course it is adversarial (in a game theoretical sense). You are not doing any favours to the company and the company is not doing any favours to you; both are trying to extract as much value from the other as possible.
Now if we were talking about a worker's co-operative (or any company where a significant portion of ownership laid with the workers), now that's a different story...
- WalterBright 4y agoSmart businesses know that in order to prosper, you have to make win-win deals. Free market economies grow and prosper because people are making win-win deals. Win-lose deals are the path to poverty and misery.
- guelo 4y agoThe point is that capital is currently trying to change the deal to win-lose and it's stupid to carry on as if we're still in the win-win glory days.
- WalterBright 4y agoIf you think you're on the losing end, say "no".
- giraffe_lady 4y agoEconomies can prosper while workers within them are crushed and immiserated. That's the exact nature of the relationship here: owners and workers have different interests and what's good for one is not always good for the other.
- tpxl 4y agoThe largest 'smart businesses' on the planet colluded to suppress wages.
- shrimpx 4y agoThat's precisely the point of the article. Tech companies are setting up a win-lose situation right now. They're pressing to control more capital at the expense of employees. Why would the employee maintain a win-win attitude, when the employer has switched to win-lose?
- ClumsyPilot 4y ago> Smart businesses know that in order to prosper, you have to make win-win deals. If this were true, Asset Stripping and corporate raiders wouldn't exist