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Keeping the good working conditions. Without it you're a new management team away from everything going to shit.

• eru 5y ago
  Not even a new management team: an existing management team can change things, too. But, so what? You can just work elsewhere instead.
  • qbasic_forever 5y ago
    As a manager it should be terrifying and strike fear into your heart at the thought that your entire team's last recourse is to just up and leave with no notice. With a union you can bargain, understand the problems, and resolve them.
    • eru 5y ago
      > With a union you can bargain, understand the problems, and resolve them. What keeps you from talking to your team?
    • jcims 5y ago
      I was a member of the Teamsters for about a year. That organization seems to thrive on creating a hostile relationship between management and staff. I’m a manager now, there’s absolutely no way I would want to invite that type of operating model into a current workplace. If the organization that I work for creates an environment that is not conducive to retaining employees then I’m just as likely to leave as my team.
      • rmbyrro 5y ago
        Given how easier - relatively to manufacturing - it is to challenge established players in tech, this shows tech unions are pretty much doomed. Companies adopting this model will collapse very quickly with the lck of good talent. Good people will work elsewhere and their employers will thrive.
        • eru 5y ago
          Depends on what kind of manufacturing. If your company manufactures a commodity, like screws, they are also easy to challenge.