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One leverage workers have is refusing to train their replacements. That's just cruel. IBM probably forces them to do it by threatening their severance package.
by guelo 11y ago
One leverage workers have is refusing to train their replacements. That's just cruel. IBM probably forces them to do it by threatening their severance package. But if there was collective refusal that power balance could be tipped.
- gaius 11y agoOr refuse to work there in the first place.
- Johnny555 11y agoThat seems like pretty weak leverage, since refusing to transition the work won't stop the outsourcing. Even if a worker refuses to tell anyone how the Widget Orders get entered into the computer that orders them, someone can reverse engineer the process and figure it out.
- guard-of-terra 11y ago"Even if a worker refuses to tell anyone how the Widget Orders get entered into the computer that orders them, someone can reverse engineer the process and figure it out" Someone could reverse engineer this, but they fired him too. The process might be disrupted seriously. But - who would care?
- Johnny555 11y agoSomeone could reverse engineer this, but they fired him too. Or they fly him in from overseas and say "Hey, see that stack of forms? You are your team have to figure out how they get entered into the computer so we can make more Widgets"