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I'm a co-owner of a company so you can imagine I wouldn't. I don't know what I'd do if I discovered something like this was going on to be honest, I'd be really
by gtsteve 8y ago
I'm a co-owner of a company so you can imagine I wouldn't. I don't know what I'd do if I discovered something like this was going on to be honest, I'd be really disappointed that people apparently felt that working here was that bad and they couldn't change it except effectively by force.
I don't expect it would happen at my company or at others as the job market for software developers in London is excellent; typically if people don't like the work they just leave.
- jeffreybaird 8y agoI mean, you have power over their lives with force. You can decide at a moment's notice that their livelihoods could be taken away. Or, you could sell your company to someone who would do that. A union just levels the playing field.
- gtsteve 8y agoFrom my perspective, they have power over me. I need to keep them happy or they're going to find other jobs. Sometimes this means changing plans to ensure they're not overworked or to ensure that they get to work on interesting stuff after something reasonably boring like UI development (none of them really enjoy it but it has to be done). The business fails pretty rapidly without my development team and I know how lucky I am to have them.