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The combined will of the employees is much less meaningful when they're saying "DO IT OR WE'LL TAKE AN ATTRACTIVE OFFER THAT'S ON THE TABLE." I'd have been mor
by fatbird 3y ago
The combined will of the employees is much less meaningful when they're saying "DO IT OR WE'LL TAKE AN ATTRACTIVE OFFER THAT'S ON THE TABLE."
I'd have been more impressed by their unity if it would have meant actually losing their jobs.
- bdd8f1df777b 3y agoWhy are you only impressed if the power of employees comes with high cost to their career? When employers exercise their power capriciously, they often do so without any material consequences. I'm more impressed with employees doing the same, i.e., exercising power with impunity.
- fatbird 3y agoA decision with a cost is always more meaningful than one without.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoThat's only a measure of the strength of one's conviction, and is unrelated to whether they chose the right thing, or for the right reasons.
- bdd8f1df777b 3y agoPower without cost is true power. I don't care if their decision is meaningful or not. I'm happy when labor can hold true power, even just for once.
- Beldin 3y agoThey were about to quit... how much more should they lose their jobs to impress you?
- IshKebab 3y agoHe meant if they were to lose their jobs and then have to put actual effort in to get a new one, like most people.
- hackideiomat 3y agoI do not think it is hard for any of them to get a new job and they would be flooooooded with offers if the opened their linkedin
- IshKebab 3y agoExactly. Most people are not in that situation and therefore cannot threaten to leave so easily.
- mock-possum 3y agoThey were about to quit *to work for Microsoft.
- fatbird 3y agoThey were about to laterally transfer to a new organization headed by the CEO they revered, with promises of no lost compensation. The only change would be the work address. Hardly a sacrifice sanctifying a principled position.
- vasco 3y agoI'm pretty sure they weren't thinking of how to impress fatbird on HN when they were deciding which boss they like best, the old one or an unknown new one.