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> a historic win for unionization efforts at tech companies. Kickstarter is a small company which isn't representative at all for other tech companies, so I do
by username90 7y ago
> a historic win for unionization efforts at tech companies.
Kickstarter is a small company which isn't representative at all for other tech companies, so I doubt this will mean much for efforts at other companies. For example, a majority of their staff at every level are women (a quick glance at their linkedin shows that this is likely true for engineering roles as well) but that doesn't say anything about gender equality of the tech industry as a whole. It is very easy to make wins like this at small companies just by having random (or sometimes not so random) perturbations.
https://qz.com/923957/kickstarter-is-teaching-the-tech-world-how-to-get-real-about-gender-equity-and-fair-pay/ https://qz.com/923957/kickstarter-is-teaching-the-tech-world...
- Jweb_Guru 7y agoThe fact that Kickstarter is unusual for a tech company does not make the fact that it was able to unionize any less historic. Keep in mind that it is far from the first tech company (small or not) to attempt to unionize.