Gregory's Server@josh I've been saying for a while we need a developer's union. It's no secret that big tech is abusive toward its workers. Good pay does not give a company the right to abuse someone. Can't you imagine if even 1% of the employees from Google, Amazon, Netflix, Meta, and Apple unionized?
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 I mean, for instance, I am on permanent disability now but have group dental through IEEE. @chemoelectric @damngoodtech @josh What kind of facilities do either IEEE or ACM have for discussion? I don’t know. I’m just saying you can buy insurance and such that your company doesn’t want to provide. It was controversial at first whether the professional society should take on such roles, you know. It’s the sort of thing unions exist to do. @damngoodtech @josh Lobby to get rid of the overtime exception. Treating computer techs and software engineers as exempt employees enables a lot of abuse. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/17e-overtime-computer @damngoodtech @josh I'm a capitalist by training and trade. But, I liken capitalism to a cancer and unions to killer T-cells that attack the cancer.  @damngoodtech @josh You’re right, but 1% wouldn’t cut it. I can readily imagine a world where 1% unionized in those companies - it would be one in which a round of 1+% layoffs occurred.  @damngoodtech @josh It can happen. I think it starts with the retail employees, the moderators, data preeners, warehouse shleppers, AI trainers. @damngoodtech |
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A first step is to join the professional societies. IEEE in particular has taken on some union-like aspects. Not much, but some.