Re:Big Tech is using layoffs to crush worker power
by braingenious on Monday January 30, 2023 @04:39PM
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None of those reasons are incompatible with what I said! In fact,
>Or would kill the goose that laid the golden egg.
is a re-statement of my observation! :)
Re:Big Tech is using layoffs to crush worker power
by compiler-guy on Monday January 30, 2023 @09:25PM
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Not really. You describe it as it as the veneration of some mythical 10x developer or founder who single handedly props up the sky.
One can believe none of that, but still believe that a union would sufficiently change the firm’s economics that it would no longer offer the kind of jobs it does today.
One could believe that the collective work of all the employees produces all that value—no need for embarrassed billionaires—and still think that a union would work against that value.
And I’m not sure how believing that a union is unproven fits into your theory that HN readers believe the value is produced by the Übermensch.
Other possibilities include the belief that a union would be ineffective. Or corrupt. Or at least unproven. Or would kill the goose that laid the golden egg. Or would immediately be captured by special interests not directly related to employment at big tech.
Which isn’t to say that these concerns are valid, or couldn’t be addressed, or whatever. But they exist