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Could her point have been made about the state of bottom ranking tech workers without naming Yelp? This is not a rhetorical question. Specifics of the author's
by firloop 11y ago
Could her point have been made about the state of bottom ranking tech workers without naming Yelp? This is not a rhetorical question.
Specifics of the author's personal situation aside, it's unclear why any well funded tech company in San Francisco is paying poverty wages for positions that seem to require more aptitude than similar paying jobs. It doesn't make sense from an economical standpoint if employee churn is as high as she claims, because hiring/interviewing/training costs a non-zero amount.
- exolymph 11y agoI feel really conflicted about this story. On the one hand, she's shooting at the wrong target: CEOs don't make minimum wage and healthcare laws. On the other hand, Yelp is a Bay Area tech company and something feels really wrong about their low-prestige support employees struggling to make ends meet. Then again, that's how supply and demand works on the labor market...
- dominotw 11y ago>it's unclear why any well funded tech company in San Francisco is paying poverty wages Because they can? Isn't it how it works.