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Google scraps minimum wage, benefits rules for suppliers and staffing firms

31 points by samspenc 2y ago

mateus1 2y ago
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Euphorbium 2y ago
Be evil.
tick_tock_tick 2y ago
It's kind of funny in a sad way that the push to classify Uber and other "gig" workers as employees just fucked over everyone else. I wish politicians would work to separate healthcare and retirement (401k) from employment rather then trying to force everyone into traditional employment.
- thrill 2y ago
  Blaming corporations for operating under the crappy rent-seeking laws our politicians create is de rigueur now.
  - xbpx 2y ago
    Except you see many of the same people staffing the boards of major companies, donating to politicians and contributing funds to think tanks that supply politicians with policy options. Conceptually it's less helpful to keep politics and state institutions as distinct entities from the largest corporations as thinking of them as a single highly integrated system.
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  > I wish politicians would work to separate healthcare and retirement (401k) from employment Whenever your politicians feel like getting around to it, they'll be able to swipe the mechanisms from any of the jurisdictions that already do run healthcare and retirement over individuals rather than employers.
swatcoder 2y ago
"We consume the worklife of these people, which sure looks like employment, but we don't want to be held to account as their employer, so we're going to stop enforcing a standard for their rights and let the staffing firms compete in a race to the bottom" Some people are going to point to regulation as the root of the problem and some to Google being exploitative, but ugh for the workers either way.
throwaway5959 2y ago
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai received $226 million in total compensation in 2022. That’s enough to give over 22 thousand 40 hour a week employees a $5/hour wage increase. Instead they’re lowering pay via eliminating a minimum wage. Like I get it’s probably due to contractor/employer rules, but the optics are just bad.
redavni 2y ago
The end result is that the NLRB decision potentially made life worse for affected employees. Poor grasp of cause and effect at the labor board.
1vuio0pswjnm7 2y ago
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31 points by samspenc 2y ago

mateus1 2y ago

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Euphorbium 2y ago

Be evil.

tick_tock_tick 2y ago

It's kind of funny in a sad way that the push to classify Uber and other "gig" workers as employees just fucked over everyone else. I wish politicians would work to separate healthcare and retirement (401k) from employment rather then trying to force everyone into traditional employment.

thrill 2y ago
Blaming corporations for operating under the crappy rent-seeking laws our politicians create is de rigueur now.
- xbpx 2y ago
  Except you see many of the same people staffing the boards of major companies, donating to politicians and contributing funds to think tanks that supply politicians with policy options. Conceptually it's less helpful to keep politics and state institutions as distinct entities from the largest corporations as thinking of them as a single highly integrated system.
082349872349872 2y ago
> I wish politicians would work to separate healthcare and retirement (401k) from employment Whenever your politicians feel like getting around to it, they'll be able to swipe the mechanisms from any of the jurisdictions that already do run healthcare and retirement over individuals rather than employers.

swatcoder 2y ago

"We consume the worklife of these people, which sure looks like employment, but we don't want to be held to account as their employer, so we're going to stop enforcing a standard for their rights and let the staffing firms compete in a race to the bottom" Some people are going to point to regulation as the root of the problem and some to Google being exploitative, but ugh for the workers either way.

throwaway5959 2y ago

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai received $226 million in total compensation in 2022. That’s enough to give over 22 thousand 40 hour a week employees a $5/hour wage increase. Instead they’re lowering pay via eliminating a minimum wage. Like I get it’s probably due to contractor/employer rules, but the optics are just bad.

redavni 2y ago

The end result is that the NLRB decision potentially made life worse for affected employees. Poor grasp of cause and effect at the labor board.

1vuio0pswjnm7 2y ago

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