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Re:Verelox Wiped by Ex-Admin by pmarreck on Saturday June 10, 2017 @05:19PM (#14529250)
What is "relative power" in the context of, say, an employer with excellent business acumen, a manager with excellent interpersonal acumen and an employee with excellent technical acumen?
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Re:Verelox Wiped by Ex-Admin by crdoconnor on Sunday June 11, 2017 @05:31AM (#14531336)
The relative power is determined by who has the least to lose by walking away from a potential deal.

People assume that that is all about skills but it isn't necessarily. An employee with a serious debt problem and a mortgage payment due soon will be more likely to accept a bad deal than an equally skilled employee who doesn't.

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