&gt; If I were in his position I would have made sure that their name are public and known to prevent others from being exploited.<p>I respect and agree with your points, but do not agree 100% with this advice. Exploiters are the default. (Just the higher up you go, the nicer face they show you. Because you can hurt them more.) I only agree with this advice if you can do it without suffering serious blowback.<p>I try to carefully assist non-dev coworkers screwed by their bosses. This includes talking with crying coworkers who swear revenge because their boss humiliated them and thieved money — and they can&#x27;t just quit because the next company may be even worse. One thing that helps is understanding this is an institutional problem. Not necessarily a &quot;bad boss&quot;, nor their fault. Even with completely different people, the overall functioning would be pretty much the same. (That&#x27;s why I keep recommending books like &quot;Disciplined Minds&quot;.)<p>Then we take effective steps to make their resume look good, increase their bargaining power, learning tech&#x2F;PM&#x2F;etc skills, start winning internal company politics...