Re:Analysis finds Australia’s inflation being driven by comp...
by naasking on Saturday February 25, 2023 @01:33PM
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No, I haven't done the same, for years in fact. But that's besides the point, because individuals are simply not in the same power bracket as powerful corporations that dominate whole markets, particularly when corporations have a proven track record of behaving unethically.
Re:Analysis finds Australia’s inflation being driven by comp...
by gruez on Saturday February 25, 2023 @03:31PM
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>No, I haven't done the same, for years in fact.
Note this isn't limited to job hopping. If you saw the red hot job market and asked for a raise, that's arguably the same.
>But that's besides the point, because individuals are simply not in the same power bracket as powerful corporations that dominate whole markets, particularly when corporations have a proven track record of behaving unethically.
What are you trying to say here? That corporations are unethical and as a result shouldn't be conferred the right to raise prices? Or that price rises in absence of increased costs doesn't count as price gouging, unless you also have "power"?
>Instead, you're trying to portray it as totally natural and just that they take advantage of any circumstances to squeeze as much out of their customers as possible.
Would you not have done the same? Seeing that we're on HN, there's a good chance that you took advantage of the pandemic tech bonanza (ie. tech companies paying astronomical amounts for developers). If you were currently making $150k, and some tech company was offering you $250k, would you turn down that offer because you want to sell your labor "at reasonable prices"?