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> What stops my employer from potentially disciplining or firing me is first of all, that I am good at what I do, and second that I negotiate from a position of
by yawaramin 2y ago
> What stops my employer from potentially disciplining or firing me is first of all, that I am good at what I do, and second that I negotiate from a position of strength.
In other words, you are at the tender mercies of your employer, and you rely on them to uphold the implicit contract that they will not cross those unspoken boundaries. I'm glad this strategy works for you, but you are literally placing your livelihood, a roof over your head, and the food on your table at risk to keep it this way. If that's an acceptable risk for you, then sure.
- rufus_foreman 2y ago>> In other words, you are at the tender mercies of your employer There are no tender mercies involved. "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest" -- Adam Smith Mr. Smith is talking about the sell side rather than the buy side in that passage, but the same principle applies. Obviously employers would prefer not to employ employees if there are more profitable alternatives. If my employer decides not to employ me any longer (which is expected, my team was 50 people this time last year, it is 10 people now), neither the roof over my head nor the food on my table is at risk. My life, financially, will go on exactly as it does now. You can get the same type of thing, but you have to give something up in order to get it. Most people won't and that's their choice and that's fine.
- yawaramin 2y ago> My life, financially, will go on exactly as it does now. Then your situation has zero relevance to almost every human being on earth