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Employers don't care about whether you're getting the same real money over time. Why should they?

• yladiz 5mo ago
  Because I do, and if they only care about me as an economic output machine then why should I care about them? Put another way, if they aren’t matching inflation, should I reduce the work I do correspondingly?
  • nradov 5mo ago
    No one is forcing you to care or to produce any particular level of work. If your job has no growth opportunities and stagnant compensation then you might want to look for other opportunities. I think the issue here is that you're trying to frame the issue in terms of some sort of concept of fairness. But in reality that has nothing to do with it.
    • yladiz 5mo ago
      That’s a bit misleading, no? If you don’t produce a certain level of work you’re going to be fired.
      • nradov 5mo ago
        There's nothing misleading about it. You can make your choices and accept the consequences of your actions.
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• Henchman21 5mo ago
  Because people are not perfect incarnations of idealized concepts. Employers are people who exist in society who have concerns beyond the bottom line. That many or well more than most employers have forgotten this fact is at the core of what is wrong with work, corporate America, and capitalism in general.