That's precisely what they want you to keep believing.
The truth is every single aspect of every employee/employer relationship is political, and always has been. If you don't accept it, your children won't have a choice to.
Employees are hired in order to create value for the company. Employees get jobs in order to get paid in exchange for that contributed value.
It's not political. It's the Law of Supply & Demand. Employer and employee cooperate for mutual benefit.
Lots of tech employees get hired to grow their director's/VP's little fiefdom within a company. Higher interest rates hopefully will reduce this, but it's still prevalent at large tech companies.
> It's not political. It's the Law of Supply & Demand.
I wonder what Adam Smith had to say about market inefficiencies caused by regulatory capture, rent-seeking, and collusion. I'm sure the market will magically fix these inefficiencies without outside regulation.
> Employer and employee cooperate for mutual benefit.
Really? Employers sure do cooperate with each other against employees [1]. I don't want to cooperate with an entity that views me as an adversary.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...
As with all cartels, the employers above the table were cooperating with the cartel, and under the table were poaching.
> I don't want to cooperate with an entity that views me as an adversary.
I wouldn't, either. Nobody is making you or I.