If you think people don't quit commercial jobs because of what they see as unreasonable demands then you haven't paid attention to the news.

Next trick, back ticks. `` Back ticks substitute the output of a command within a command.
Ex. Name a file after the date. echo "hi" > `date +%Y%M%d`.txt

Don't use backticks unless you are stuck with bourne shell. Use $() instead:

echo hi > $(date +%Y%M%d).txt

They have two benefits over backticks: you can nest them and they are easier to see.