every time i have seen this story, within like 36 hours of it supposedly happening, management returns to the table with massive concessions.

it’s the panic move. everybody knows that work and responsibilities are always pushed down. disorganized workers are always getting a superior’s responsibilities fobbed off on them. the majority of times, whenever i have needed a superior to cover a simple task for me as a one-off due to an unforeseen situation–ranging from an environment of agricultural labor all the way up into the lofty halls of the academy–the manager/owner/superior fucks it up. they don’t pay attention when shown, they don’t take notes, they fail basic time management and just completely flake on doing the thing.

either they are incompetent to the tasking or the know that if they handle it well, they will be asked to do it again. people don’t rise up in organizations without learning strategies of sidestepping work or at least how to insist on better compensation and then manipulate others into getting it done.