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Re:Alphabet's Median Pay Nears $200k by MPSimmons on Monday April 30, 2018 @09:12AM (#16958279)
The only thing that highly technical workers dislike more than meeting in real life with each other is having someone tell them what they can and can't do.

Unions aren't really compatible with the mindset in Tech today, in my experience knowing people. Small movements start, bikeshedding happens, and everything fractures.

Re:Alphabet's Median Pay Nears $200k by geodel on Monday April 30, 2018 @09:22AM (#16958344)
Well, theoretically Google employees can Unionize but theoretically Google can also spin out half dozen labs as separate companies and buy technology at exorbitant rates. Meanwhile union employees will get paid union rates which I am thinking won't be too high.
Re:Alphabet's Median Pay Nears $200k by Spooky23 on Monday April 30, 2018 @09:38AM (#16958462)
Depends on the deal. My cousin is a state police sergeant. He makes as much as a director level employee in most areas.

My sister in law is a unionized nurse practitioner. Unionization raised her salary a bit, but most importantly stabilized her schedule.