Arguing with the Boss

[gordo]

 

[Deleted member 16349]

Perfect.

I would add from years of experience in manufacturing.

Knowledge is not Power. Power is power and you have to be careful of people who have the power.

 

[PricelineNegotiator]

Perfect.

I would add from years of experience in manufacturing.

Knowledge is not Power. Power is power and you have to be careful of people who have the power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKTc8Chvw5k

 

[Possumgal]

I've heard bosses say, "there are plenty of other people who want your job."

 

[gordo]

They want the job - not the work.

 

[Possumgal]

In context, I was living in a region in which a factory opened up with jobs for 200 people and 2000 applied. Business owners always played on the unemployment rate, knowing jobs were hard to find.

 

[gordo]

Perfect.

I would add from years of experience in manufacturing.

Knowledge is not Power. Power is power and you have to be careful of people who have the power.

Reminds me of what Tony Montana said in Scarface:

"“In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.”

 

[turbotom1052]

Many company owners love it when they are the only game in town. This gives them license to treat employees badly, with the knowing that they will sit by and take it. Then when they encounter someone with enough self esteem to actually challenge them and their poor treatment, that person becomes a "problem employee". it matters none that they may be a "hero" to the other employees that dare not speak up.