Big Tech is using layoffs to crush worker power

Re:Big Tech is using layoffs to crush worker power by carapace on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:50PM (#34583578)

Not only that. I always bring up that big "no poaching" collusion among the big tech companies. By some estimates they managed to keep around eight billion dollars that would have gone to employees.

Pando had good coverage: https://web.archive.org/web/20200304045453/https://pando.com...

I used to think that we didn't need unions, until that came up.

It's been asked, how would unions have helped with that, and I don't know, but it seems like there's some room for improvement somehow.

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Re:Big Tech is using layoffs to crush worker power by tukantje on Monday January 30, 2023 @05:22PM (#34587343)

Thank you, totally forgot about this one.

Perhaps unions are not the end all be all, however we definitely need to follow suit like architects in my opinion. Somehow having a unified say, a way to decide on what are the standards etc. will help tremendously as far as the health of our sector goes.

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