So, are modern manager-employee relationships akin to slavery?

At the very least, there's a messy link here we need to discuss.

Short answer: no. We might get emotionally whipped in our jobs, but in general there is not physical abuse in white-collar workplaces. (I fully realize there are thousands -- if not more -- of enslaved people in the world doing the work of others, but that isn't really the topic of this particular post.)

Also: we get compensated, and often very well. Ano…