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I think you may have misread this: For some reason, too many tech workers think they are some kind of top 1% of tech workers They’re saying too many erroneousl
by Henchman21 1y ago
I think you may have misread this: For some reason, too many tech workers think they are some kind of top 1% of tech workers
They’re saying too many erroneously believe they are part of the top 1% of their field. They’re thinking they’re better than they actually are. And so, mistakenly, it follows that unions are of no use to these top performers.
- bpt3 1y agoI did not misread it. My point is that you can fall well below the top 1% and still fail to benefit from a union.
- Henchman21 1y agoI’ve been in several unions in the US. Generally they’re positive experiences and not something I’d denigrate. After having read your other comments in this thread, it would seem you and I would at best disagree. You give me the impression you’re a total mercenary with no other obligations other than enriching yourself. I am and know plenty of people who actually want to build community, build the commons, etc. Not saying that isn’t you, just saying from this thread I don’t have that impression. You’re right of course, that super high performers don’t always benefit from a union. But the rest of us do when those folks have a sense of obligation to others.
- bpt3 1y agoI work to make money. My obligation there is to ethically make as much money as possible for my company, myself, and my employees. I build community/commons/etc. in my personal time (which also includes some overlap since I do have some social relationships with work colleagues). The amount of money I make at my job allows me dedicate more resources to those efforts, rather than intentionally docking my own pay to benefit some random person who happens to be performing a similar job to me much less effectively and would stand to benefit from being in a union.