[budududuroiu]

It's clear that post-COVID, white collar employees had the upper hand over their employers. Quiet quitting and other stupid acronyms, lengthy LinkedIn posts about "this generation doesn't get their hands dirty" was the canary in the coal mine for what's coming.

Interest rate hikes, increased unemployment, austerity (...sorry fiscal prudence), are all tools that can be deployed to reduce the bargaining power of labour. So is return to office, layoffs, AI.

[krupan]

I think white collar employees generally always have had and always will have the upper hand over their employers, they just don't realize it. We make enough money to save/invest for a "rainy" day, our jobs are continually giving us paid training (learning as we go), we don't get physically beat down by our work, we are exempt employees with flexible time off, paid salary not hourly, etc., etc. It's so much easier for us to simply go find another job while still working out current job, than for anyone else. We can also easily run a side business (as long as it's not too similar to our "primary" job). We have so much power, but a lot of fear (and possibly too much debt). We just need to be a little smarter about our situation and a little more prudent with our money