Re:Wirecutter asks users to sit out black Friday
by thr0wawayf00 on Thursday November 11, 2021 @08:50PM
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> it hardly helps DEI to give their well-paid workers another pay rise and revoke NDAs.
A couple things: we don't know how much they're paid, so it's not really possible to pass judgment on what they're asking for in terms of comp. Secondly, it's pretty well documented that the racial inequality in America also applies to familial wealth and income, which further exacerbates inequality. There's a pretty good argument to be made IMO that more needs to be done to bridge the racial income disparity gap.
Re:Wirecutter asks users to sit out black Friday
by Wolfenstein98k on Saturday November 20, 2021 @06:15PM
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If you want to ameliorate inequality, don't pay people with nice jobs more - pay people without them more.
Re:Wirecutter asks users to sit out black Friday
by stepbrothers on Thursday November 11, 2021 @09:41PM
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a simple google search brought up wirecutters salaries and they’re making less than half of what NYT news desk reporters are making, like $45,000 in NYC, which is pretty unlivable.
https://www.cjr.org/cjr_outbox/google-doc-journalism-media-p...
They're saying "please don't use Wirecutter this BF".
I already don't, but I'll do my part and continue not to.
Edit: I read some of the testimony and I'm confused. For instance:
"I was excited to join Wirecutter as the Times announced a major DEI report and plan as central to its mission. The most powerful thing the Times and Wirecutter can do in the name of diversity and equity is to pay more and do away with NDAs."
Why is it "powerful", in the name of DEI, to pay this person more and help their future job prospects?
They already work for a massive and powerful corporation - it hardly helps DEI to give their well-paid workers another pay rise and revoke NDAs.