There's a bit of doublethink involved. On the one hand (and as I mentioned in the post), yes, most employers are not as dumb as I'm making them sound. In princ

There's a bit of doublethink involved. On the one hand (and as I mentioned in the post), yes, most employers are not as dumb as I'm making them sound. In principle they know they need to comprpmise - but in practice, they often balk at doing so because they haven't clearly articulated what they will compromise on.