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>Even as a software engineer with a decent stint in the top 5% bracket of UK salaries (£70,000) I don't know why you guys aren't striking. Interns where I work
by rocket_surgeron 4y ago
>Even as a software engineer with a decent stint in the top 5% bracket of UK salaries (£70,000)
I don't know why you guys aren't striking. Interns where I work start at $72k (£60k), with full benefits (the kind across-the-pond'ers think that Americans don't get, which exceed in beneficial-ness their own) and earn WELL over $100k (£84k) the second they graduate and sign on.
Which is more than enough to live comfortably, own a single-family home, and have an annual international vacation
- sph 4y agoYou should probably ask those on 7k a year why aren't they striking before asking the guy on 70k a year. IMO: you need to have great faith in your democratic institutions if you think striking will do anything. As a Millenial, all I have known is austerity. All I have known is strikes earn you fuck all. Hell, you might even be fired for taking a day off to shout in a public square.
- l3uwin 4y agothe 70k worker has more means to strike than the 7k. they should both unionize.
- Auracle 4y agoMost jobs in the UK pay significantly less than the US - it’s not just software developers.