I am anti-union, but not because of any indoctrination, but because when I was younger I worked in union shops before I got my first tech job and I saw how corr

I am anti-union, but not because of any indoctrination, but because when I was younger I worked in union shops before I got my first tech job and I saw how corrupt the union was, it was a complete racket, and it encouraged people to do mediocre work and mess around all day. In theory I support all the goals people say a union has, but in practice most unions are a way to protect slackers and incompetents while bilking money from your paycheck to do little to advance your interests as an individual. One of my primary interests as a high-performer is working with other high-performers, meanwhile when I was at a union shop I'd get chastised by coworkers for doing /too much/ and being /too good/, because it made the rest look bad and increased expectations. There was a heavy heavy amount of bureaucracy caused by the union insisting on working to rule most of the time, which lead to everything being much worse every day in the workplace and generally being miserable as someone that just wants to get shit done. I have been burnt out in my life a few times, but never by the workload, always by the work environment. Working in a union environment was a recipe for burn out, because I can't take a lackadaisical approach to my work, that's not my personality or who I am as a person. Anything worth being done is worth being done right and well. My direct experience is that unions are run by, attract, and retain people who like to lolly-gag around with their thumbs up their asses and get paid for it, and basically have zero ambition or desire to improve the world around them for themselves or for others.