[einpoklum]

> But they would know that going in.

If you go into a drug gang, you also know going in that conditions for the lower-rung "associates" are poor.

To be less flippant: While it's better that you at least know you're getting screwed, that doesn't make fair. It is justified and worthwhile to struggle to change the conditions of employment, even if you agreed to them and knew them going in.

[abhinav22]

Although one needs to be wary of sometimes employers dangling the prospects of a brighter future to extract more out of you.

Maybe I am just jaded :-)