I think people just realize that employee pay is often never tied to how much value an employee provides, but rather how much leverage an employee has. This get

I think people just realize that employee pay is often never tied to how much value an employee provides, but rather how much leverage an employee has. This gets confusing as employers often view leverage as value, but it's a different type of value compared to volume of output (which is how many employees would define their value). So it stands to reason that if employees want to "take charge of their own decisions" it is directly tied to the decisions of their co-workers. You can't increase your leverage if your co-workers deleverage themselves/decide they don't care about money. I don't understand how you don't understand this.