[RealityVoid]

If that is true, they are incredibly stupid. Empowered workers create better, more effective companies.

[ramon156]

But they also create workers that can hop off the ship. If they're on a sinking one, they have no choice but to work hard to get back to shore.

[RealityVoid]

> But they also create workers that can hop off the ship.

Sounds to me like a win for the workers, a win for the employer(in that they get better companies) and a win for society at large.

[watwut]

I don't think CEO class want better, more effective companies. They have nothing to gain by that. They want monopoly situation for themselves, locked customers and helpless dependent employees.

[alansaber]

It depends but obviously they want both, both control and value.

[deltoidmaximus]

Enough control will create value for them anyway, it just might be at the expense of everyone else.