Employment Relationship Quotes

I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority. And even if I did, I would never fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I love Brian Wilson. We are partners. He's my cousin by birth and my brother in music.

You cannot create employees without first creating employers.

In the market economy the worker sells his services as other people sell their commodities. The employer is not the employee's lord. He is simply the buyer of services which he must purchase at their market price.

There are no employees without employers.

Apprentices and servants are characters perfectly distinct: the one receives instruction, the other a stipulated price for his labour.

You can't have employment and despise employers ... No goose, no golden eggs.

Wait. You work for me?" "I prefer to think of it as managing your incompetence.

Kalecki thus precisely predicted the economic and political U-turn that occurred with the advent of neoliberalism. Kalecki also argued that fundamental institutional changes, especially regarding wage-setting and other aspects of the employment relationship, would be essential if full employment was to be sustained.