r/FluentInFinance 9d ago

You Disagree? Discussion/ Debate

Post image
9.4k Upvotes

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

30

u/OcclusalEmbrasure 9d ago

I don’t disagree with you, but it’s really about leverage. If you don’t have leverage, you’re probably not getting paid what you think you should.

67

u/Lucky_Shop4967 8d ago

That’s the exploitation the person you are replying to is talking about. Not everyone that is a hard worker is wired towards exploitation.

9

u/OcclusalEmbrasure 8d ago edited 8d ago

An employer who has leverage is exploiting you, I never denied that. My point is that it’s leverage that gives people power. If your best skill set is equivalent to a high school student, you have no leverage. You can obtain leverage by obtaining and developing skills, or by creating value. If not, the employer has all the leverage and will use it to exploit you.

Leverage goes both ways. It’s just people like you refuse to see it both ways. You just think employers with all the leverage will pay you more out of the goodness of their heart. No, you as person has to create leverage so that you can demand it.

1

u/Secret_Designer4478 8d ago

The amount of highly educated and skilled people I personally know in the corporate world that would disagree with this comment….

Nobody is immune from it in the corporate world, unless you’re c-suite

1

u/OcclusalEmbrasure 8d ago

No one has 100% power. Not even CEOs. Everyone has some leverage. Some way more than others. It’s the way it is.