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Re:Employees at Amazon's New NYC Warehouse Launch Unionizati... by jsjohnst on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @11:02AM (#18664970)
> but in the end the workers get to decide if they want to play that game or not

This is a rather short sighted view. In many cases, they either play or they lose out big (either financially or even up to losing their job). For many of those outside tech (and some in tech), losing your job isn’t a risk they are able to take.

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Re:Employees at Amazon's New NYC Warehouse Launch Unionizati... by zeroname on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @01:20PM (#18666275)
That presumes this raffle is really a secret ploy to get rid of unproductive workers. I'm not presuming that.
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Re:Employees at Amazon's New NYC Warehouse Launch Unionizati... by jsjohnst on Thursday December 13, 2018 @03:26AM (#18670742)
If you think it’s a “secret” ploy, then you’ve not worked in these types of positions before. It might not say it on the promotional posters hung around the work place, but it’s definitely well understood that performing in the bottom 10% is not a career continuing path.
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