Reply #29: That's capitalists for ya.

[blindpig]

And your employers are small fish, petit bourgeoisie, That same attitude pervades their 'betters' who employ thousands.

I learned the lesson when my employer sold out to a rapacious national chain which promptly eliminated all benefits upon acquisition. A good friend recently had an experience similar to yours, he had considered his employer to be his friend, I think at one time he had been, but the necessities of Capitalism turned him into a shithead.

It is not that these people are necessarily bad or greedy, though that might be the case, rather that the requirements of successfully operating require one to put profits above all other considerations. The greedy may gravitate towards capitalist enterprise but the majority who may be otherwise decent people will be perverted by the necessities.

It is the system which encourages such behavior which should be our target.