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what evidence do you need? unionization normalizes pay across workers. you trade upside for being a “superstar” for job security. it’s not a controversial opin
by tempsy 4y ago
what evidence do you need?
unionization normalizes pay across workers. you trade upside for being a “superstar” for job security. it’s not a controversial opinion.
tech compensation is not normalized. there’s pay bands but it’s historically been wide and “superstar” candidates are enticed with highly variable equity comp.
- UncleMeat 4y agoI had a high performer fired today. Seems like the current system is also shitty for them.
- tempsy 4y agodidn’t say that being a high performer meant you were protected from layoffs…just that high variable pay is a consequence of at will employment system
- spicymaki 4y agoBoth my parents worked for unions and they would be paid based on seniority and established credentials all negotiated by the union. They had a pension, retirement medical benefits, things most people would kill for right now. They also had bargaining power which only the "superstar" employees have today. The majority are exploited all the way down to the gig worker. The union system seems more transparent than random hot shot new graduates making triple the salary of a productive senior worker that has dedicated many years to the firm. Nobody really knows how much these people are compensated or why. Every day there is a new "it" thing (microservices last month, crypto last week, generative predictive transformers this week). It is only okay, because the silicon valley entrepreneurs and venture capitalists tells us so. All I hear about on this forum is how there is a lack of transparency with hiring, firing, and promotion. Complaints about diversity hires, nepotism, old and young workers, interview requirements, credentials, mass layoffs, etc., etc. The system we have now is completely broken.