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> ... So-called “employee handbooks,” provided to workers at the beginning of employment, are ubiquitous within the tech industry. They are filled with the info
by chrisweekly 5y ago
> ... So-called “employee handbooks,” provided to workers at the beginning of employment, are ubiquitous within the tech industry. They are filled with the information an employer wants a worker to know, but are void of the content workers need to protect themselves.
The Tech Worker Handbook is not a how-to, set of instructions, checklist, or call to action to whistleblow. Whistleblowing — the act of speaking up in order to improve a situation for others — is an individual decision that should be made after a careful consideration of risks, options, and intended outcomes. My hope, though, is that those who do decide to take great risks in coming forward — for all of us — are better prepared and supported.
^ Excerpt from TFA. IMHO it's a good idea, cool resource. Not everyone has Frances Haugen's gumption and foresight.
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- fidesomnes 5y ago> Frances Haugen's gumption and foresight. Yeah if you mean hiring Obama's attorneys and orchestrating a media crush for not censoring people on the internet hard enough, I don't know what else you could mean.
- walshemj 5y ago"Employee hand books" are useful to employees as it defines what various procedures and rights are.
- ethbr0 5y agoAh, so employee handbooks inform their employees of their right to unionize (or refrain from unionizing) without threatening, interrogating, spying on pro-union employees, or promising benefits if employees forget about forming a union? https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/interfering-with-employee-rights-section-7-8a1 https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/in...
- _3u10 5y agoWhy would anyone making salary in the 1% (top 0.001% globally) range in the US want to unionize? I don’t get this whole anti tech thing from tech.
- walshemj 5y agoWhy not George Clooney is a member of SAG (actors union) as is Daniel Craig.
- tick_tock_tick 5y agoThat's just an example of an argument people make against unions. No matter what Clooney or Craig thinks they have no choice but to be a member of the SAG.
- ethbr0 5y agoBecause wealth and morality are independent concepts.
- dgb23 5y agoUnions are not “anti-tech”, they are “pro-worker”. Who else is?
- howtoquitwell 5y agoProcedures and policies, yet. Rights, not so much, at least beyond those disclosures and documents they are legally required to share. As an example: it is a legally-protected right in many jurisdictions for employees to share compensation information with each other, or even externally. Many (most?) employers strongly discourage this practice, however, and will usually omit the notice that there are legal restrictions on their response in case employees choose to do so. Ditto labor organizing, many types of guaranteed leave, and most whistleblowing protections. The information asymmetry between most large employers and their employees w.r.t. legal rights is large, and the company's incentives are almost never aligned towards voluntary disclosure.
- walshemj 5y agoYes you have valid points but it does help when you have to take legal action - break your own procedure on grievance / discipline and you tend to lose in court.
- el_ravager 5y agoWhich is why it's sometimes necessary to go above the court and take the information straight to the people.
- walshemj 5y agoWhistleblowing and Employee hand books are two separate things