OK, thanks for the reply. I agree, most people don't.
Now - do they understand that SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE, SOMEWHEN took exactly that risk to found the business that they're working for? That built a going concern to the point that they could reliably trust business was stable enough at a volume large enough that the marginal returns are such allowing them to promise people stable, ongoing employment and a paycheck every week for dozens, hundreds, maybe thousands of employees?
And then contemplate that the global new business failure rate sits roughly around 90%.
Meaning out of the people that DID form such a business, 9 of them lost that gamble, only 1/10 limped along well enough to survive and (ostensibly) grow into those awful oligopolies that benefit from economies of scale. Are those founders (and, let's be clear, their descendants) entitled to some sort of reward for putting THEIR futures and scratched-together $ on the line?
Now with that context, "this workplace is toxic, I should just QUIT" sounds pretty childish, given that most individuals can't afford the alternative.
We can agree all day that IN ANY CASE it's unwise for a business to tolerate toxic or negative environments. It drives away good workers and probably raises their salary costs as informed employees demand more to stay.
But this discussion is ultimately just whinging. A microscopic percent of people "love" working. We trade our time and effort for a paycheck. We are not enslaved; we are in fact free agents. Either put up or shut up. If it's so toxic, leave & start your employee's utopia. I'm sure you'll have workers breaking down your door to work for you at your much-higher-than-market wages, with 'work when you want, vacation when you want' hours, work freely from home policies, and (somehow) the most expensive glorious health coverage available.*
If it's not enough to leave, stay and STFU. Complaining AND staying is just cowardice and carping.
*FWIW I had that for my company and all my employees (BCBS Aware Gold premium or plus or something - literally the best we could get). Obamacare FUCKED us by threatening a massive tax on 'cadillac' health plans that simply would have broken us and closed the business.