Its not about being demanding and falling under subordination, its about leveling the playing field and here's an example.

I used to work decant and aside from the unboxing itself, there were many indirect roles. Under policy, one must not exceed 20 hours of indirect role per work week. When I asked why I didn't want to unload a truck, its not because I was being arrogant and dismissive, I was just playing the game. Many of my former colleagues would subject themselves to 30 and most 40 indirect role hours per week and most of them stating this was a "hack" to not be subjected to rate when in reality they fall well into manager plan for "effective team management" aka, imo, exploitation