Yes they can, making an example out of workers is much more important than a few hours of the manager’s wages. The more trivial the case, in some ways, the better. The reward is not the 17p bottle of water, it’s having your workers terrified for their livelihood at all times.
Yes they can, making an example out of workers is much more important than a few hours of the manager’s wages. The more trivial the case, in some ways, the better. The reward is not the 17p bottle of water, it’s having your workers terrified for their livelihood at all times.
If you see the objective as efficiency, you will misunderstand it.
If you see the objective as labor discipline and reification of class divisions and other social hierarchies, you will have a more accurate model.