That sounds exactly right. You can have a fluid or rigid relationship between employees and the company, but it then goes one way. If employees get "hardcore"

That sounds exactly right. You can have a fluid or rigid relationship between employees and the company, but it then goes one way. If employees get "hardcore" about creating limits on how the company can hire/pay/whatever, it obviously changes how the company engages with those employees as well. To wit, if you force me to sign in blood for everything I have to give you, I am not going to give you anything else.