My number of X's adapt to fit the possibilities and potential of the environment. Right now it's 1x. Actually that's a lie, it's my 1x effort but the company I work with is floating on cloud 10x because I know more of the requirements than they do.
Still have no idea what this mythical 1x - 10x number scale maps to. Inspiration can up anyone's game.
That just makes us the greatest fools of all.
Or we are all well paid diva who, if bored, would just switch companies without much problems nor thinking.
I am unsure if being in union (as in the US type of unions) would bring a lot of wage benefits.