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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by andrei_says_ on Saturday April 20, 2019 @05:08PM (#19708896)
I highly highly recommend Lab Rats by Dan Lyons. Dissects the forces behind the current state of the workforce in the US.

Very well written and exposes the brutality and destruction resulting from focusing on short term profit at any cost.

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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by propogandist on Saturday April 20, 2019 @07:55PM (#19709674)
https://pando.com/2014/01/23/the-techtopus-how-silicon-valle...

>...wages were artificially lowered — an estimated $9 billion effectively stolen by the high-flying companies from their workers to pad company earnings — in the second half of the 2000s...

All these firms settled for a measly $334 million to make this problem go away, despite damning evidence.

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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by anxman on Saturday April 20, 2019 @09:18PM (#19709971)
This was a shameful crime that occurred at the highest levels in Silicon Valley. This illegal cartel should have been prosecuted under RICO laws with CEOs taken away in hand cuffs. Instead, the worker bees got peanuts. I received a $1300 settlement instead or the hundreds of thousands in lost wages that I was robbed of.
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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by b212 on Saturday April 20, 2019 @07:00PM (#19709463)
Thanks, added to my list. The topic looks kinda depressing though...
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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by andrei_says_ on Saturday April 20, 2019 @07:40PM (#19709618)
A lot of what people in power driven by greed do in the absence of long term vision or compassion, is depressing.

However, such actions are also detrimental to sustainable/thriving business. So smart people find more constructive and humane ways to be profitable. The book ends on a high note and carries the potential to help leaders correct course before self destruction.

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