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Re:Netflix CEO explains why he pays technologists huge salaries by ativzzz on Monday September 28, 2020 @01:32PM (#24619146)
Isn't this basically collusion by companies? Didn't Google/Facebook get in trouble for trying something like this at some point?
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Re:Netflix CEO explains why he pays technologists huge salaries by alanbernstein on Monday September 28, 2020 @04:59PM (#24621161)
I can imagine no other organization more capable of following the letter of the law - if not the spirit - than a group of lawfirms.
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Re:Netflix CEO explains why he pays technologists huge salaries by EpicEng on Monday September 28, 2020 @02:17PM (#24619673)
It's not collusion if every other firm raises salaries only to remain competitive, and I doubt many people are complaining about higher salaries. The companies you mention had secret no-hire agreements in place.
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Re:Netflix CEO explains why he pays technologists huge salaries by seattletech on Monday September 28, 2020 @03:12PM (#24620230)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...
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Re:Netflix CEO explains why he pays technologists huge salaries by thu2111 on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @05:05AM (#24625464)
Why would companies collude to raise salaries? If other law firms did not raise salaries to remain competitive, that would be suspicious, especially if the firm that did mysteriously lowered them again a short time later.
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Re:Netflix CEO explains why he pays technologists huge salaries by C1sc0cat on Monday September 28, 2020 @01:49PM (#24619337)
One rule for lawyers one for the little people
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Re:Netflix CEO explains why he pays technologists huge salaries by s1artibartfast on Monday September 28, 2020 @02:43PM (#24619945)
SWEs making 300k+ are not the little people
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Re:Netflix CEO explains why he pays technologists huge salaries by C1sc0cat on Monday September 28, 2020 @03:23PM (#24620325)
Relatively speaking of course and also I was kind'a alluding to the cross over between politicians and lawyers.
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Re:Netflix CEO explains why he pays technologists huge salaries by MiroF on Monday September 28, 2020 @03:48PM (#24620556)
> Relatively speaking of course

In no world are SWEs "relatively speaking" little people compared to lawyers.

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