Some fairly bad faith people like to say "Slaves couldn't have been poorly treated, they were an expensive investment, like a grain harvester, and no rational person would damage their own property like that".
Except, we have ample evidence that people would beat, rape, murder, fuck around with, starve, and otherwise destroy their "investment" regularly, sometimes because "it will keep the others in line", but plenty often just fucking because.
Because humans are not rational. Farmers just doing what they believed would be the most rational to make money was one of the main causes of the Dust Bowl.
Your boss is human, and plenty able to do things that make you a LESS effective worker while adamantly believing you are just lazy.
Except, we have ample evidence that people would beat, rape, murder, fuck around with, starve, and otherwise destroy their "investment" regularly, sometimes because "it will keep the others in line", but plenty often just fucking because.
Because humans are not rational. Farmers just doing what they believed would be the most rational to make money was one of the main causes of the Dust Bowl.
Your boss is human, and plenty able to do things that make you a LESS effective worker while adamantly believing you are just lazy.