[alt text: a photo of two kids sliding down two separate playground slides (chutes) that are side-by-side but end in the same place. The left slide is captioned: "Being a slacker at work". The right side is captioned: "Being the go-to-guy at work". The bottom part where the slides meet is labeled: "No raises".]
the solution has been known for over a hundred years and is called unionizing and organizing
That would certainly help with a lot of problems, but won't fix the underlying problem that hinders all of us. That is, that humans often weigh emotions more than they probably should.