Yup. It is not in your control. That's OK. You're not in control of the ocean or river, or the weather, or the ground under your desk. You are often in control of the vessel you navigate them with. Navigate your people, skills and situations.
Companies are not oceans. Giving up and accepting abuse from these companies is definitely one way to deal with it, but I don't believe it's a good one.
That does seem to be the prevalent thinking in corporate America. Busting unions and using the government to persecute labor leaders seems to have worked.
“Companies are not charities” shouldn’t be an excuse to let them destroy the workforce.
Companies are companies. Oceans are oceans. Of course. It's a metaphor.
Are you in control of your company's sales or corporate strategy? If so, are you in control of the markets they operate in? You are so not in control of your job. It just seems so based on some level of statis in the environment. What's your concrete advice here?
We can't control the physics that controls oceans. But we can control regulations and laws in which corporations operate in. That's why IMO the metaphor is deeply flawed.
As for advice, honestly, we all know it already. Voting, getting into unions, fighting for legislation, organizing your community/peers and even simpler acts like spreading knowledge that the status quot is not actually immutable.
IMO anything other than accepting it without a fight is already a better option.
