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Re:Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a ... by nielsbot on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @01:12PM (#35978312)
A commenter below mentions unions.

This could be the answer.

I think tech workers so far have been paid and treated well (at least where I work) and so haven't felt the need to unionize. But having a union would certainly protect against these kinds of problems. (Being relocated and then immediately laid off)

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Re:Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a ... by busterarm on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @07:03PM (#35982332)
I was a member of three different unions before I ever switched careers to tech and being able to (and expected to) negotiate my own contracts was one of the biggest factors in me ending up in this industry. I have certainly made orders of magnitude more money and under substantially better conditions.

My experiences in unions were awful and I would never go back to that.

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Re:Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a ... by nielsbot on Thursday May 18, 2023 @01:07PM (#35990989)
What industry did you work in before?
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