Re:Googlers angry about CEO’s $226M pay after cuts in perks ...
by tivert on Thursday May 04, 2023 @06:32PM
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> Similar to other professions - engineering and medicine for example - we have a career which requires a dedication to constant learning.
So do adjunct professors, and they're paid peanuts.
> We build systems which allow companies to generate billions in revenue and deserve a slice of the pie.
Capitalists don't care what you think you deserve. Their morality says if the labor market situation means they can get away with paying you peanuts, it's righteous for them to do so, regardless if you do things that "allow companies to generate billions in revenue."
The people who care about getting people paid what they deserve will play a tiny violin for you, since most workers have it way, way worse than software engineers have it now.
So do adjunct professors, and they're paid peanuts.
> We build systems which allow companies to generate billions in revenue and deserve a slice of the pie.
Capitalists don't care what you think you deserve. Their morality says if the labor market situation means they can get away with paying you peanuts, it's righteous for them to do so, regardless if you do things that "allow companies to generate billions in revenue."
The people who care about getting people paid what they deserve will play a tiny violin for you, since most workers have it way, way worse than software engineers have it now.