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Re:Bullshit jobs and the yoke of managerial feudalism by merpnderp on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @10:47AM (#17819049)
That's why sysadmins don't need a union. You'd have to pay programmers and DBAs a premium to get them to do sysadmin work. There's literally no one to replace sysadmins except sysadmins and more expensive less well trained (in sysadmin work) employees.
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Re:Bullshit jobs and the yoke of managerial feudalism by dagw on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @02:28PM (#17820771)
That's why sysadmins don't need a union.

I'm confused. All your arguments seem to be for why sysadmins _do_ need a union. If they're irreplaceable (at the current wage level) and underpaid like you seem to claim then it sounds like they're leaving money on the table by not bargaining collectively.

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