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Ideally there is an even larger group of employees who _do_ support their labor being used in this fashion.
by eej71 7y ago
Ideally there is an even larger group of employees who _do_ support their labor being used in this fashion.
- ahelwer 7y agoMaybe so, maybe so. The important thing is they're able to voice & instrument this desire in a material way rather than just rolling over.
- eej71 7y agoSo let's say the googlers who are against their labor used in this fashion are just a vocal minority and the rest of the folks are largely ok with it and are simply quiet. What should happen?
- vertex-four 7y agoIf they're simply quiet, obviously they don't care that much whether it happens or not?
- eej71 7y agoI think there is a silent majority of people who are frustrated by the ongoing politicization of the workspace. They are quiet not because they don't care, but feel that it's rude to be so "loud" at work.
- ahelwer 7y agoThere could be a democratic structure in place where employees can elect internal representatives to conduct things and advocate for/against issues on their behalf; alternatively (and more Google's style) there could be a direct democracy vote on particular issues.
- phtrivier 7y agoWouldn't the most Google style thing be... "Liquid Democracy with Google Votes" [1] ;) ? The deep question though is: should employees of a corporation have a say in its governance ? Views from anyone in Germany would be interesting, as they seem to have a particular system for this. [2] [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4lkCECSBFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4lkCECSBFw [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codetermination_in_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codetermination_in_Germany
- sharemywin 7y agoyou probably would have a better argument with don't really care.