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The same thing happens at many white collar software engineering jobs. How many people on HN are in a union?
by fergie 7y ago
The same thing happens at many white collar software engineering jobs. How many people on HN are in a union?
- pessimizer 7y agoBecause it's very easy to get turkeys to vote for Christmas. Turkeys have no idea why you like Christmas or what you're planning for Christmas, they just know what you're telling them. Tell them that turkeys are the most important things on Christmas and it would be entirely spoiled without them, and promise them a handful of feed right now as a reward for voting for it. You don't even have to lie.
- systemtest 7y agoWhat would be the benefit of being in a union as a software engineer? I never felt that I needed one.
- darpa_escapee 7y agoA few years ago Adobe, Apple, Google, Intel, Intuit, Pixar, Lucasfilm and eBay all successfully kept engineer pay down through anti-poaching agreements[1]. Unions provide checks and balances against that type of abuse. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_Litigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...
- sp332 7y agoYou could eliminate open-plan office spaces.