Google hires firm known for anti-union efforts

Re:Google hires firm known for anti-union efforts by chmaynard on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @06:19PM (#21589693)

After a 35-year career writing software for various companies, my biggest regret is that I never insisted on a written contract. If I had, the companies I worked for probably would have lost interest in hiring me. Professionals insist on written contracts. Tech workers do not, but they should. I believe this is what tech companies fear most.

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Re:Google hires firm known for anti-union efforts by hdhdhdd on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @06:34PM (#21589815)

Having worked as software engineer for big it companies, the job offer looks like a contract - are you referring to something else than a written job offer contract?

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Re:Google hires firm known for anti-union efforts by chmaynard on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @08:22PM (#21590555)

Yes. Ask a senior executive in your company if you can see their employment contract. Doctors and lawyers usually have written contracts tailored to their specific requirements and responsibilities. Professional athletes would never work without a contract.

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Re:Google hires firm known for anti-union efforts by metters on Thursday November 21, 2019 @06:42AM (#21593189)

Might be a dumb question, but I am not a native speaker: What is the difference between a written contract and a job offer?

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Re:Google hires firm known for anti-union efforts by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:23PM (#21596652)

A job offer is an agreement for $x compensation for x hours worked.

A contract specifies what that work is and is not. If it's not in the contract and I don't do it, well that sucks, for my employer. Without a contract I could be fired for cause.

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Re:Google hires firm known for anti-union efforts by arrrg on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @03:58AM (#21646339)

Wait wait wait … people in the US do not always have employment contracts?!

This is such an utterly foreign and absurd concept to me. Even if you work for McDonald‘s, even if only temporary, even if only part time, you would always have an employment contract in Germany.

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Re:Google hires firm known for anti-union efforts by lawnchair_larry on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @08:49PM (#21590702)

Why would you want this? And why is your employer losing interest in you a good thing?

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Re:Google hires firm known for anti-union efforts by sjg007 on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @10:29PM (#21591186)

C level execs get written contracts.... so it is not a foreign concept.

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