Shrinking teams are pushing workers to the brink

Re:Shrinking teams are pushing workers to the brink by yeahbutiguess on Monday February 20, 2023 @11:46AM (#34869848)

Workers, maybe it's time we started collectively pushing back?

I don't care if it's unions, or work stoppages, or guilds, or industrial action, or what.

But they've been squeezing workers too hard.

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Re:Shrinking teams are pushing workers to the brink by pixl97 on Monday February 20, 2023 @01:36PM (#34871163)

I question if the ruling class has broken the system enough that this doesn't work...

Old days: People stop working. Company stops making money. (A|B) Company hires pinkertons to kill off the opposition | Company concedes and gives better working conditions.

Today?: People stop working. Companies beg government to give them money because they're too big to fail. Individuals lose their livelihood/homes/next meal long before company has a deep financial impact.

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Re:Shrinking teams are pushing workers to the brink by red-iron-pine on Monday February 20, 2023 @03:01PM (#34872191)

Today: people automate out many low level processes and offshore the rest to India / Mexico City / PI

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Re:Shrinking teams are pushing workers to the brink by colechristensen on Monday February 20, 2023 @02:59PM (#34872164)

I think what’s needed are more along the lines of worker protections on an government level. It should be significantly more difficult to drop 10% of your staff because of market performance, or there should be enforced consequences which are expensive. Several months severance, executive pay clawbacks, stock and options payouts, those sorts of things.

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