Re:Why I Don't Sign Non-Competes
by beagle3 on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @03:13PM
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Unions often lead to better terms but lower pay. Europeans are, in general, OK with that.
Americans, in general, value their salary more than anything else, which is optimized by individual bargaining, rather than collective bargaining.
Indeed, if you compare US programmer salaries to (e.g.) UK programmer salaries, the difference is apparent: Outside of specialized industries like finance, the pay in the US is much higher, and the gap grows much more with seniority[0]
I am not aware of any CS union in the UK, but in many senses every European country runs a lot of collective enterprises (healthcare, education), and has strong unions for many other industries, unlike the US; I believe the difference in [0] is, at least in part, due to the "collective" vs. "individual" mindset.
Americans, in general, value their salary more than anything else, which is optimized by individual bargaining, rather than collective bargaining.
Indeed, if you compare US programmer salaries to (e.g.) UK programmer salaries, the difference is apparent: Outside of specialized industries like finance, the pay in the US is much higher, and the gap grows much more with seniority[0]
I am not aware of any CS union in the UK, but in many senses every European country runs a lot of collective enterprises (healthcare, education), and has strong unions for many other industries, unlike the US; I believe the difference in [0] is, at least in part, due to the "collective" vs. "individual" mindset.
[0] https://www.daxx.com/article/it-salaries-software-developer-...