Employer-Employee Dynamics

The cluster debates the asymmetrical nature of employer-employee relationships, focusing on power imbalances, lack of mutual loyalty, and the business-oriented view of employment where companies prioritize profit over employee well-being.

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yellowapple May 11, 2019 View on HN

You're assuming that employers actually care about your well-being :)

pron Dec 17, 2020 View on HN

It's possible that the company's values or behaviour have changed, but, more importantly, the decision to work at a company is mutual: both sides want it (the company expects the value an employee will bring exceeds the cost of their employment; hiring someone is not a charity), and they enter into this relationship when neither side knows everything about the other, certainly not how they would behave in the future. Just as the company can and does exert pressure on employees t

Hytosys Sep 12, 2016 View on HN

You sound like an employee who thinks they're an employer.

Arnt Apr 3, 2025 View on HN

Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if their employer showed similar commitment to the employees.

tcfunk Jan 25, 2017 View on HN

Leave. Companies have no care for their employees, even if they pretend to. Have equal care for them.

adamsea Aug 7, 2020 View on HN

I wonder if that says more about the employer than anything else.

mhurron Mar 26, 2014 View on HN

Employees are 'the company.' Screwing over your employees is not in the companies best, long term interests.

tehjoker Jan 26, 2020 View on HN

You would not seek employment with the company under servile terms unless you needed employment to survive. The company needs you less than you need them, so they can get away with bossing you around.

pydry Jul 12, 2024 View on HN

It's vanishingly rare for an employer to be more reliant on an employee than the employee is on their employer.

heathrow83829 Jul 2, 2025 View on HN

a company doesn't keep you because you performed well. they keep an employee because they need them to be more profitable, nothing more, nothing less.