Sure, if we're going by the clinical use of "exploit" without the negative connotations.
I can more easily feel like I'm the one exploiting my employer. I get over $200K/year in salary and benefits to spend 40-50 hours/week doing what usually doesn't even feel much like work. I can work extra to get ahead when it would benefit me, or I can do the minimum at a given time. They have to give me free food and a top of the line computer and let me manage what time I come in and leave and what I wear. Because if they don't, I can find another company that will. I get a really nice bonus when the company does well but my comp doesn't go down if it's not doing well. I've spent more time at this job than I did in college, learning a lot here as well, and I can freely take that knowledge to another company whenever I want, I have no commitment here.
Obviously it's not always like this. Not even within tech. But many of us can choose whether to see our jobs in a positive or negative light.
Of course it's easy to not feel exploited when you make an extremely large salary, get all sorts of benefits and get to learn useful, transferrable skills. The point is that you're in rare company, most Americans couldn't even dream of a job like that.
I can more easily feel like I'm the one exploiting my employer. I get over $200K/year in salary and benefits to spend 40-50 hours/week doing what usually doesn't even feel much like work. I can work extra to get ahead when it would benefit me, or I can do the minimum at a given time. They have to give me free food and a top of the line computer and let me manage what time I come in and leave and what I wear. Because if they don't, I can find another company that will. I get a really nice bonus when the company does well but my comp doesn't go down if it's not doing well. I've spent more time at this job than I did in college, learning a lot here as well, and I can freely take that knowledge to another company whenever I want, I have no commitment here.
Obviously it's not always like this. Not even within tech. But many of us can choose whether to see our jobs in a positive or negative light.