Not saying that it's desirable or that's not horrible, but isn't that the default mode? Or at least that's the world I've lived in, if you are an employee, in the end your opinions don't actually count, you are just a cog. Your position in the hierarchy is what matter.

And that's why at some point you need labor unions (not saying high paid tech workers needs them) and at some other point you start considering stop being an employee.