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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by pclmulqdq on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:44AM (#25631913)
I would assume that based on the amount of money that is at stake, most software engineers would try to become extremely good negotiators. A 1% improvement in salary for a SWE could easily be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars over 10 years, so it is really silly to not try to understand how to get that money.
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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by travisoneill1 on Monday January 04, 2021 @10:51AM (#25632854)
The only way to get good is practice, and as an employee you only do this once every couple years or so. The company has people who do it every day.
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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by davidcbc on Monday January 04, 2021 @10:10AM (#25632217)
You would assume wrong
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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by Afton on Monday January 04, 2021 @12:09PM (#25634313)
Yup. This seems like the right spot to plug this excellent article that has made me many 10s of thousands of dollars over my career:

https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/

Good thing patio11 doesn't demand a percentage for the millions and millions of dollars he is responsible for people collectively getting in increased salary/comp.

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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by patio11 on Monday January 04, 2021 @05:41PM (#25639285)
The great thing about my business model, such that it is, is that if I keep pushing that number higher I won't have to demand anything.

Winking, but not in the least bit a joke.

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