[jkachmar]

> [...] part of the tradeoff in working for someone else [...] is accepting that you work by their rules.

i think a healthy working relationship involves employer & employee collaborating according to a set of mutually beneficial rules, which prevents either party from taking advantage of the other.

this is (at least idealistically) what employment contracts are for, even if they have a natural tendency to favor the employer in most situations.

besides that, i think there are plenty of examples from recent history which demonstrate that it's not healthy for the rules under which an employee operates to be solely outlined by the owner of the business (e.g. because that owner may attempt to take advantage of the employee).