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> There's a presumption in the parent that people who work for a living are corrupt and that managers and executives are not I think the presumption is much we
by smsm42 8y ago
> There's a presumption in the parent that people who work for a living are corrupt and that managers and executives are not
I think the presumption is much weaker - that people for "work for living" (I assume you do not, for some reason, consider management to be work) can be as corrupt as "managers and executives", given the right circumstances.
> There is clearly a great power imbalance between a company of any size and one worker, unless that worker is a superstar (like a star coder).
Given how much money certain tech companies feel necessary to throw at their workers - and I'm not talking select few, I'm talking averages - it's obviously not just star coders. Moreover, given how many companies pay over minimum wage - I would say it is almost never the case. If all the power was in the hands of the company - why pay more than the minimum wage? Obviously, leaving - or not applying in the first place - has some power too, and this power is measured in real money.
- forapurpose 8y ago> "work for living" (I assume you do not, for some reason, consider management to be work) "work for a living" is just an idiom for blue collar work. A response I've heard from army sergeants if someone addresses them as "sir" (which should only be used with officers) is 'don't call me "sir" - I work for a living!'. Managers and officers do indeed work. > tech companies Tech companies are one narrow segment, and you are talking only about one part of their workforce. Janitors, drivers, etc. also work for tech companies and don't make a heck of a lot (in fact, they don't even get to be employees and have no hope for advancement, at least in some places). If you think Starbucks barristas, Uber drivers, supermarket checkout clerks, retail stock-persons, hotel doorpeople, coal miners, etc. have any control over their wages or working conditions, have any negotiating power without a union, I don't know what to tell you ... maybe talk to few. The minimum wage theory is interesting, but that's not reality and so not worth my time to think through.