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Wait, if the CEO is rich, 300k/y isn't a living wage? I fail to see the connection. Context: I live in $NOT_BAY_AREA and the amount of money you folks make whi
by skrebbel 3y ago
Wait, if the CEO is rich, 300k/y isn't a living wage? I fail to see the connection.
Context: I live in $NOT_BAY_AREA and the amount of money you folks make while complaining as if you’re an Amazon warehouse worker really rubs me the wrong way. It seems to me that Bay Area tech people (or at least the ones in this thread) lost all sense of reality.
I get that getting fired is stressful but if your skillset is in such high demand as tech skills are in SFBA, it’s not class struggle.
I don’t disagree that layoffs like these are stupid, preventable and maybe even mean, I merely disagree that it’s oppression. It hurts the people who do get oppressed and not paid a living wage.
- mrguyorama 3y agoJust because someone isn't literally starving doesn't mean they aren't being oppressed by the ruling class. How much money do Google and Facebook bring in per employee, and how much of that only goes to the top level people? All people who sell their labor are in the worker class, period. Pretending that being paid a token amount to feel special and make them see fellow workers as not in the same boat is unhelpful.
- cristiancavalli 3y agoMaybe try broadening your perception? The idea that more people are aware of inequality and feel it’s sting doesn’t seem like a clear through line to “hurting people who do get oppressed” if anything my anecdata has found that because of increased feeling of inequality more people I know are supporting strikes of people across pay lines. Maybe the issue here is your judgement not other people’s feelings?