• Pratai@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I’ve yet to have a job where my boss does less work than their employees. Is this common?

    • Swim@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      this is clearly the view of someone who has never been in a management position

    • Catfish [she/her]@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      Yes, in just about every blue collar job. The CEO does not do as much work as the order selector in a warehouse, as much work as the undocumented migrant workers on the lines in the factory, or as much work as the cooks in a restaurant to give a few examples. Anyone that’s worked in those industries knows what I’m talking about.

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          No, not all work necessarily has the same value.

          But the value of some kinds of work has been wildly overinflated compared to others.

          And even then, all work done should return enough to live off of.

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        Nope. The issue is the conflating of “boss” and “the business”. My boss does plenty of work. On average, my boss does as much work as I do, some days more, some days less.

        My boss is also an employee whose excess value is siphoned off by the business in the form of corporate profits.

        • BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world
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          Most “bosses” are also someone else’s employee and I think people often forget that…at least here on lemmy. If the OP meant CEO they should have said that. Unless you’re a senior VP your boss is probably not the CEO of a giant corporation, your boss is probably just some guy trying to survive just like you.

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            And beyond that, the CEO is usually also an employee, just one that is usually well positioned to benefit from structural defects in the system.

            The system is setup such that the exploitation, lesser or greater, is structural, rather than always able to be traced to an individuals choices or actions.
            Even in a “perfect” company, where everyone makes the best choice available to them, the system is built such that people just can’t get a fair deal in anything except for the rarest of circumstances.