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Tech workers became too cocky and this is basically a message from the ones in charge, the billionaire class to say “know your place”. Your money and privilege

Tech workers became too cocky and this is basically a message from the ones in charge, the billionaire class to say “know your place”. Your money and privilege can be taken from you at any moment. This is not about economy or things slowing down. It is about showing the tech workers they are just cogs in the machine, the laborers that should focus on work and not talk back to their employers.

prottog 4y ago
To be fair, there are a lot of inflated egos among the rank and file of FAANG laborers.
jfdbcv 4y ago
Googlers: I'll sign up for a random conference to get an all expenses paid trip to Europe Google: actually in light of recent macroeconomic conditions, don't do that Googlers: bruh!!! You are treating us like COGS in a MACHINE!
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- unity1001 4y ago
  > Googlers: bruh!!! You are treating us like COGS in a MACHINE! Yeah. If you expect that much excellence, committment, prioritizing the company over their freakin family from who you hire, you are responsible with treating them the way you promised them at the start.
beams_of_light 4y ago
Exactly this. The labor market has been heavily weighted for the laborer lately, and this whole "macroeconomic headwinds" chant we're hearing from leaders of every Fortune 500 right now is simply them trying to stave off further increases in wages. The macroeconomic issues aren't going to realistically affect Google or most large companies.
- mandmandam 4y ago
  > The labor market has been heavily weighted for the laborer lately Is that remark missing some context? Employers have posted record profits while making savage cuts. They've availed of massive subsidies without any oversight. The wealthiest have hoovered up damn near all of the productivity gains of the last 50 years, and are still doing it. This while rent has skyrocketed and the cost of living has inflated hugely. We're now at the point where many fully employed people across the neoliberal world are homeless, and many others are barely surviving, while their employers are buying new luxury cars and yachts. It's perverse, and you might want to be careful saying that laborers have it easy out there in the real world because there's quite a bit of resentment about it all.
  - unity1001 4y ago
    > fully employed people across the neoliberal world are homeless Until you people start having the courage to name capitalism instead of using escape words like 'neoliberal', things will keep worsening the same.
tristor 4y ago
This is exactly what it's about. Google has made a point of ensuring their employees think of themselves as the absolute best. They have nurtured an attitude of arrogance, because it has benefited them greatly from a recruiting perspective and created a positive brand in our prestige-obsessed current market. Now that the ship is turning a bit, execs are wanting to redirect company resources back to themselves at the expense of employees, and they need the employees to know their place.
unity1001 4y ago
> Your money and privilege can be taken from you at any moment. They can just quit and find even better employment elsewhere. With more stock options, more autonomy and perks.

prottog 4y ago

To be fair, there are a lot of inflated egos among the rank and file of FAANG laborers.

jfdbcv 4y ago

Googlers: I'll sign up for a random conference to get an all expenses paid trip to Europe Google: actually in light of recent macroeconomic conditions, don't do that Googlers: bruh!!! You are treating us like COGS in a MACHINE!

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unity1001 4y ago
> Googlers: bruh!!! You are treating us like COGS in a MACHINE! Yeah. If you expect that much excellence, committment, prioritizing the company over their freakin family from who you hire, you are responsible with treating them the way you promised them at the start.

beams_of_light 4y ago

Exactly this. The labor market has been heavily weighted for the laborer lately, and this whole "macroeconomic headwinds" chant we're hearing from leaders of every Fortune 500 right now is simply them trying to stave off further increases in wages. The macroeconomic issues aren't going to realistically affect Google or most large companies.

mandmandam 4y ago
> The labor market has been heavily weighted for the laborer lately Is that remark missing some context? Employers have posted record profits while making savage cuts. They've availed of massive subsidies without any oversight. The wealthiest have hoovered up damn near all of the productivity gains of the last 50 years, and are still doing it. This while rent has skyrocketed and the cost of living has inflated hugely. We're now at the point where many fully employed people across the neoliberal world are homeless, and many others are barely surviving, while their employers are buying new luxury cars and yachts. It's perverse, and you might want to be careful saying that laborers have it easy out there in the real world because there's quite a bit of resentment about it all.
- unity1001 4y ago
  > fully employed people across the neoliberal world are homeless Until you people start having the courage to name capitalism instead of using escape words like 'neoliberal', things will keep worsening the same.

tristor 4y ago

This is exactly what it's about. Google has made a point of ensuring their employees think of themselves as the absolute best. They have nurtured an attitude of arrogance, because it has benefited them greatly from a recruiting perspective and created a positive brand in our prestige-obsessed current market. Now that the ship is turning a bit, execs are wanting to redirect company resources back to themselves at the expense of employees, and they need the employees to know their place.

unity1001 4y ago

> Your money and privilege can be taken from you at any moment. They can just quit and find even better employment elsewhere. With more stock options, more autonomy and perks.