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Re:Apple Announces Multibillion Deal with Broadcom to Make C... by ajmurmann on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @01:07PM (#36047330)
> At this point when I read about $megacorp moving production to the US, I see an indication of globalization-level exploitation and profits being applied to the US labor market.

What do you expect or want to happen? Companies will pay the lowest price they can to adequately fill the role they need to fill. As everything it comes down to demand and supply. If lots of folks are available who can fill the role well, the comp is gonna be pretty low. Do you want companies to pay more just out of charity? When apples are on sale, do you ever just pay double the price because it feels fairer? The only place where we do this is with tips and that's usually already priced in.

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Re:Apple Announces Multibillion Deal with Broadcom to Make C... by throw9away6 on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @07:38PM (#36052201)
At that pay band they are looking for warm body levels of fill. Like we need a guy to sit in chair for compliance reasons but he probably shouldn’t touch any of the controls level of pay. Like for reference brown bear car wash pays 22 per hour and a straight out of 2 year trade school mechanic gets 37 with union benefits in Washington state (outside Seattle)
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Re:Apple Announces Multibillion Deal with Broadcom to Make C... by ajmurmann on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @09:00PM (#36052719)
Sounds like they won't be able to hire at that price then. Nice how these problems solve themselves.
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Re:Apple Announces Multibillion Deal with Broadcom to Make C... by andrei_says_ on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @12:42AM (#36054170)
> what do you expect to happen?

I am not surprised, I am disappointed.

I hope that we’ll at some point consider economic models that account for externalities, for the finite nature of Earth, for our humanity.

Like the donut economics model aiming for sustainability - or a similar approach.

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Re:Apple Announces Multibillion Deal with Broadcom to Make C... by ajmurmann on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @10:25AM (#36058561)
I too am hoping that week account for negative externalities and therefore would love to see a carbon tax for example. Can you explain what the unaccounted externality is in this case?
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