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1. The economy is at 4% employment, it has never been more competitive to hire and retain someone. If these contractors are really very unhappy (versus sometime
by svconserv 8y ago
1. The economy is at 4% employment, it has never been more competitive to hire and retain someone. If these contractors are really very unhappy (versus sometimes mildly put-out or slightly disgruntled as the case seems), they can nearly instantly leave.
2. H1B Visas are falling, this makes it even more competitive for Google to retain talent. Citizen talent can immediately leave whenever they want if they don’t like the benefits, Pay, treatment they are receiving versus indentured foreign talent.
3. Why would the contract labor force ever expect to receive the same information clearances and treatment as full time employees? Did they read the contracts they signed and make rational decisions about what to say yes to?
4. I am deeply suspicious of anyone who claims to speak for a group of victims. In this case, the “victims” are generally in the upper 1% of humanity. College educated tech workers working for Google in the United States (did I mention we are at full employment and they can leave instantly?).
These people aren’t victims, they are the champions of the entire world. They are the winners of the game of life, they don’t really need more effort put into making them slightly more happy.
Why not focus our helpful energy on...oh, I Don’t know, the armies of people living like animals, defecating in the street and wandering downtown San Francisco naked with severe mental wellness issues?
- aphextron 8y ago>Why not focus our helpful energy on...oh, I Don’t know, the armies of people living like animals, defecating in the street and wandering downtown San Francisco naked with severe mental wellness issues? Because this is California. Why bother with all that when I can just get back in my financed Mercedes which costs equal to a mortgage payment in Iowa, drive back to my gated community of postage stamp houses, then go to the mall and forget about it?