Well said and a hearty amen to both points.
I'll also add that much is being made about a boss being able to fire workers. If that's what it takes, so be it. It also works the other way, a worker is equally free fire to fire his boss by leaving and offering his services to another company. That's true freedom and individual liberty in the economic sphere. Employment at will is a chief component of an unfettered marketplace where both the employer and employee can work to their best interests.
That's one of the reasons why the minimum wage is so evil. It usurps the true freedom of the marketplace by setting a contrived bottom on the wage scale. It denies a worker the liberty of offering a service at a price that represents an honest evaluation of said service.
The last company I worked for was bought by Collins and Aikman who squeezed the value out of it and dumped the corpse. It wasn’t pretty or fun but its been going on for a long time now and if that’s what stockholders want, there isn’t much anyone can do about it.
Collins and Aikman themselves declared bankruptcy in 07 on David Stockman’s watch.