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If someone is laughing in your face everywhere you go (especially with unemployment at an all-time low right now) then you probably need to recalibrate your exp
by mi100hael 9y ago
If someone is laughing in your face everywhere you go (especially with unemployment at an all-time low right now) then you probably need to recalibrate your expectations. However I'd venture a guess that most people aren't actually asking for higher rates. Most people do a terrible job negotiating for compensation (and by terrible I mean they don't even try).
http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/
- Chaebixi 9y ago> Most people do a terrible job negotiating for compensation (and by terrible I mean they don't even try). He's talking about stuff like Uber. Their whole deal is having a take-it-or-leave it gig-employment offer. They'd laugh in his face if they actually took the time to talk to anyone face-to-face, which they don't.
- mi100hael 9y agoUber & other app gigs are not about to make up the half of the American workforce that the article discusses. Most jobs, contract or otherwise, still require face-to-face negotiation.
- spookthesunset 9y agoThe "gig economy" being discussed isn't highly paid software developers. It's dudes working uber / lyft / postmates. These people have no negotiating power.... you take the gig or you leave it. It is amazing how out of touch people in the software echo chamber are....
- mi100hael 9y agoThe article specifically calls out a web developer example and suggests that "within a decade, contractors and freelancers could make up half of the American workforce." Nowhere except the parents' comment is the "gig economy" being discussed. The vast vast majority of employment/contract opportunities out there involve face-to-face negotiations.