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Oh Lord. A bunch of poor 19th century miners in a remote town is not the same as this at all. These are some of the richest and easily employable workers in the
by Houshalter 9y ago
Oh Lord. A bunch of poor 19th century miners in a remote town is not the same as this at all. These are some of the richest and easily employable workers in the country living in one of the most populated regions.
They wouldn't have to do this if the local government wasn't so restrictive either. These companies don't care if their employees own their own homes or not. But unfortunately big companies are the only groups with enough power and resources to push through new housing development.
- emodendroket 9y agoWell, there are a couple responses there. Obviously the mining towns are the most extreme expression of the problem, but is it not reasonable to say you might see smaller echoes of this in the tech companies' case? White-collar workers in general are working longer hours, etc., so I don't think we can say they write all the rules. But perhaps a bigger question is, what about all the people who work at Google or Facebook who are not in-demand engineers? It seems like once you've established the principle it's easier to expand it to less prestigious positions.