The Self must be protected at all costs during dehumanising dynamics like modern work. Diplomacy is preferred but Violence might be required.
One must be ready for everything in order to prevail in their true nature, preserving their Self. Any half-assed efforts will invariably derive in being assimilated.
The ones who were themselves assimilated before you will often be the ones to watch out for. Walking down a narrow path next to a bog and having to avoid the pestilent, toxic creatures that emerge from it, reaching out for your legs, trying to make you lose balance so they can drag you in.
If you find yourself in such path, allow yourself to trust yourself.
OMETEOTL
Do not let B people decide for you, in whatever context. Compassion can wait if it’s your Self that is at risk.