I think people just don’t realize how underpaid they are. They think that because they make six figures, that means they’re getting paid what they’re worth.
I think people just don’t realize how underpaid they are. They think that because they make six figures, that means they’re getting paid what they’re worth.
huginn@feddit.it 1 year ago
If you were paid what you were worth the company wouldn’t make any money.
Corporations exist by the excess value of their workers’ labor, by definition.
phillaholic@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Eh that’s a paradox though. If the company makes no money, there’s no job for you in the first place making you worth nothing.
Jagger2097@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No you are misunderstanding the rules of labor and capital. If I withhold my labor, then the owners have nothing to sell. If they would pay to me, I go to another company with my labor. Capital cannot create value, only labor can.
phillaholic@lemm.ee 1 year ago
You can go to another company, but they too wouldn’t exist if they didn’t make money.