We spend our lives in unjust authoritarian relationships with managers. We stand on our feet all day, put up with terrible coworkers, hurt ourselves, kill ourselves, work 60 hour weeks and don't get paid enough to survive. We have to take it and take it and take it in the modern workplace.
But the one glistening democratic right we have amidst it all is the right to up and quit.
People justify and defend capitalism endlessly due to the fact that no matter what's happening, workers always have this right. It's a supposed right to be free and right to choose where one wants to be in life. Supposedly, you always have the right to quit.
Yet so many times when we exercise this right, our bosses are nothing but miffed.
What's the mentality of a boss that is mad when a worker exercise is a basic democratic right and quits their job? I've been in supervisory rules before, and I know 100% that a subordinate works a job due to a mix of choice and financial obligation, and their remaining an employee was very much dependent on my ability to lead them well. I never would have been mad at an employee for quitting, and I would have looked at my own performance as a supervisor before looking anywhere else for an answer as to why. Business is business and people have every right to pursue their lives as they choose. But many bosses still get mad when you leave!
What is up with these bosses? Do they have a nasty love of power over others? Are they mad that they no longer have control over you? What do you think? Why do some bosses get mad when you quit?
Who do they think they are??