Comment by hilux

> How can it be otherwise?

It was otherwise. And is IS otherwise in many other rich countries, as well as not-so-rich ones.

In these places, the employer-employee relationship is more of a relationship and less of a transaction to be reassessed every morning.

If you don't believe it, because you've never seen it, then you are probably American, probably young. And seeing other possibilities is a good reason to study (modern!) history, and to travel.