>> 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.
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.