Re:Big Tech is using layoffs to crush worker power
by 5560675260 on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:46PM
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One of this scenarios would leave me without job, another one would push me to quit my job. Outcome is the same, but bad team is likely to cause a lot of frustration first.
Re:Big Tech is using layoffs to crush worker power
by kilgnad on Monday January 30, 2023 @03:22PM
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No, one scenario is slightly better because it gives you the choice to quit. In the other scenario there is no choice.
Times constantly change you won't always be in a situation where you have the finances to just quit just because you're frustrated with a job.
As a high paid SWE we often forget that A job is more then doing something you "like" to do, it is a means of survival. When times change, when hard times come or when some life changing event happens, being allowed to survive is a good thing.
It's not really a binary choice either. With unions it just increases the probability of you being on a team of terrible engineers while lowering the probability of you getting layed off.
So the real question is which probability metric is more important to you and other engineers?