People in petty positions of power have the uncanny propensity to overestimate the scope and reach of that power—almost as if they imagine their position as an assistant manager of a box store to hold as much power as the appointed leader of the Istari. Actually, that analogy works quite well… since Saruman also had a tendency to overestimate his power over others.
When an employee quits, it's often startling for owners and managers to realize just how very little power they hold over their employees. Sure, they had the power to make their every waking moment miserable as long as the employee was at work, but the manager also fantasized that their reach extended beyond that and that it was more all-encompassing over that employee's life. This is one of the reasons why bosses take it so poorly when employees hand in their resignations.
Like with Saruman, attempts by managers to extend their power beyond its natural reach often backfire spectacularly. Like, when this floor manager attempted to strong-arm a worker who had already quit and worked their final day into coming into work—just because they'd forgotten to take the worker off the schedule.
For more, see this guy who managed to get fired from a store where he didn't even work.
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