LibraryScenariosWhen gratitude conflicts with economic reality
Scenario

When gratitude conflicts with economic reality

Everyone says I should be grateful for my job but I make barely enough to survive while generating millions in revenue and the math feels morally wrong.

Zera
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Social expectations of thankfulness clash with rational assessment of value creation and extraction.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Labor economics — how wages are set?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.