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Devs deserve the benefits of a union, says US presidential hopeful Bernie
- duxup 7y agoI'm skeptical of any union situation based on my personal experience. A union with a light touch on some topics and such would be fine by me. But my experience is that unions become their own bureaucracy and even well meaning people working for them will negotiate more and more and more that on the surface seem nice, but, often have unintended consequences, and a surprising inability for a union to do anything about things that aren't specificity negotiated. Things like focus on seniority can create all sorts of unintended consequences with stuck in the mud senior folks who are highly protected, get their pick of career paths before anyone else even if ill suited for them, and new folks with new skills devalued / first to get cut when things get bad. And that's just one unintended consequence.