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> Each should (and outside of artificial constructs like this article does) weigh total compensation against benefit / effort and decide if the relationship is worth continuing.

Really fucking hard to do that if you are an employee with no power, easily replaceable and dependent on the job to keep you and your family alive.

This kind of hand waving real social struggles down to "they should just personally negotiate and be able to walk away from the deal if it's not good for them" is, at best, myopic. At worst is a lack of empathy and a very narrow worldview of labour.