Can you force someone into an agreement with you? Is this sustainable? How long will it last? Can you keep an employee dangling over salary or make a relationship work under a false premise?
We are all humans, and we have our little soul. We think, most importantly lose our sleep over this in time.
In the last few months, I have witnessed a few relationships breaking because one side had enough of the other. There was no more love, trust, or belief left.
Engineers from various startups quit in a bunch while founders trying to stop them in the name of increasing equity. Most of these employees have lost trust in their founders, and anything forceful is not working.
We all have our breaking point. Treat relationships well and dare not be an asshole.