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Why not see everyone else correct up? Tech salaries aren’t too high. It’s many other salaries that are far too low from decades of stagnation.
by a_random_canuck 3y ago
Why not see everyone else correct up?
Tech salaries aren’t too high. It’s many other salaries that are far too low from decades of stagnation.
- pokepim 3y ago[dead]
- richrichie 3y agoI guess “Market” will speak e.g. in terms of layoffs.
- CommanderData 3y agoThe antiquated still think 28K is a reasonable salary, and that is before any tax deductions. Mentalities like those are one of the reason why salaries are so low in the UK.
- richrichie 3y agoThis has nothing to do with mentalities. Think: 1. Supply glut 2. Dead cheap and effective AI coding assistants 3. Contracting economy
- inemesitaffia 3y agoPeople forgetting that remote work turns local jobs into global jobs. And people live in Haiti and Venezuela with starlink and Fiber
- bitwize 3y ago> Why not see everyone else correct up? Because the rich executive class don't want to pay that much scratch.
- xeornet 3y agoThe employment market is very much a free market system right now. There is enough supply to meet the current demand and keep the existing inflated salaries. We seem to have reached an equilibrium.
- effingwewt 3y agoIve never heard of s free market where people are forced to participate lest they die of hunger and homelessness. We have a disgusting power imbalance that gets worse every day.
- nightski 3y agoThere are plenty of free markets with indirect forced participation. The freedom doesn't come from choice to participate but rather choice of who to engage with and competition.
- qpingo 3y ago[dead]
- effingwewt 3y agoIts not a feee market with forced participation. People need to quit changing the definitions of words to fit their argument or worldview.
- adastra22 3y agoInflation with tech salary stagnation? That’s what we’re seeing.