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Re:Big companies collude to hold down pay. by gaius on Friday September 17, 2010 @12:30AM (#1700134)
It doesn't really matter which side you're on, either in principle cartels are OK or they're not.
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Re:Big companies collude to hold down pay. by guelo on Friday September 17, 2010 @12:39AM (#1700150)
That's a very black and white, econ-101 worldview. Real life is filled with many more shades of gray.
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Re:Big companies collude to hold down pay. by gaius on Friday September 17, 2010 @02:31AM (#1700334)
There was a story here just a few days ago about Google employees interviewing at Facebook, despite having no intention of leaving, just as a wage negotiating tactic. Now let me just say that I have no problem with that, in "real life" you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

I'm just saying that what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Sometimes the wider economy favours the employee, sometimes it favours the employer, that's all.

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