And employers can put themselves in our place, too
Yes, we work hard to build our companies.
We know that it takes customers to buy.
We know they are workers.
They can only spend if they get good pay in return for their work.
I like giving merit-based pay, as appreciation for what my workers do. I don't demand more out of them, for the same pay and/or after pay cuts.
I only give out pay cuts if I have to take them.
And my company runs on software built by others, uses automobiles others built, on roads other people paved...
So spare us the cant on who should be thinking of the other's POV. I, and others, already do.