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Yea, i wondered the same thing. I like the idea of a worker owned Co-op in general, but it's subject to them actually being functional. I don't see how that c
by wutbrodo 9y ago
Yea, i wondered the same thing. I like the idea of a worker owned Co-op in general, but it's subject to them actually being functional. I don't see how that could be the case with industries with large productivity/talent gaps, like software. Most of the co-ops I've come into contact with are smallish restaurants or grocery stores, which makes sense: most tasks can be handled by anyone and those that aren't can be judged a lot more effectively.
- icebraining 9y agoI don't see how that could be the case with industries with large productivity/talent gaps, like software. And yet: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops#coops https://github.com/hng/tech-coops#coops The gaps problem seems self-correcting; anyone who thinks they are underpaid will leave, and conversely the team will probably push out those badly underperforming. You'll still have gaps, but only among people who don't mind getting paid the same despite them.
- gremlinsinc 9y agoThanks for that link.. lots of good resources... I want to start an MSP (Computer Repair / Maintenance as a Service) + Hosting + Development Business as a worker co-op someday, when I get the free-time and money to do so.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> I don't see how that could be the case with industries with large productivity/talent gaps, like software. There are a number of large coops in industries where the firms require everything from professionals to manual labor; equal pay isn't common in those kind of coops, though the pay ranges are probably flatter than conventional firms. A co-op, ultimately, can be very much like a conventional firm, where the voting stock is held equally by the employees, so that management is ultimately accountable to the employees.
- wutbrodo 9y agoRight, I was being imprecise. I didn't mean to refer to coops in general, but rather equal-pay xoops