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> even if you don't do anything From my experience, this sounds awful. I have a person on my team currently that does nothing and brings down team morale and i
by uncomputation 5y ago
> even if you don't do anything
From my experience, this sounds awful. I have a person on my team currently that does nothing and brings down team morale and it’s pretty clear that everyone would want them gone. We might even work better because we wouldn’t work under the assumption that we have N people when we really have something like N - 1.
Perhaps unions are better when you don’t depend on your coworkers’ contributions as directly as you do in tech. e.g. teachers.
- relaxing 5y agoParent meant “do anything to curry favor from your boss.” Not that everyone gets promotions no matter how bad they suck. But even that’s not true in my experience - under the union there were still performance reviews where you had to advocate for yourself a little bit. It just all had to go through official channels.
- micromacrofoot 5y agoWhen I say "even if you don't do anything" I mean in terms of things like getting a raise or complaining about too-long hours. There have been many times in my career where I've been too burnt out to push for what I thought I deserved. A union's job is to push for what you're worth (or protect your well-being) even through times where you don't have the energy, or even if you're unsure what you're worth.
- r00fus 5y agoYou know what, having a 2nd job of "how to ensure you're not missing out on promotions/salary increases because company tries to underpay you" is a shitty job I would rather not have to do. Is your workplace unionized?