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HN is ostensibly full of people who want to run companies (startup founders). Consequently the readership is skewed towards people who are likely to be more "pr
by onion2k 5y ago
HN is ostensibly full of people who want to run companies (startup founders). Consequently the readership is skewed towards people who are likely to be more "pro-employer rights" than "pro-employee rights". There's no reason to believe that the views posted on HN should extend to tech workers as a whole, and even less reason to think it'd be representative of a specific tech company.
If the views expressed regularly on HN are really a window into how the typical Googler thinks then presumably Google should be shutting down its ad networks and personal data tracking services very soon...
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y agoIs it? I’m sure there are lots of founders, but there have to be way way more employees than founders. Even if you count the aspiring founders.
- ryandrake 5y agoI would guess a great many employees here imagine themselves as top-1% "captains of their industry" employees who are also master salary negotiators, have LinkedIn recruiters reaching out to them daily, have top-notch benefits and working conditions, and are therefore not the types of people who could possibly benefit from a union.