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Re:Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears by chatmasta on Thursday August 21, 2025 @12:56PM (#44975114)
The comment I was responding to was implying that it would be better for the collective if Meta was not paying these exorbitant salaries. You said “it [paying high salaries] is a great way to kneecap collective growth and development.”

In other words, you’re suggesting that _not_ paying high salaries would be good for collective growth and development.

And if Meta is currently willing to pay these salaries, but didn’t for some reason, that would be the definition of wage suppression.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears by albedoa on Thursday August 21, 2025 @02:41PM (#44976461)
Oh ya? If I am willing to pay my cleaner $350, but she only charges and accepted an offer of $200, I am engaging in the definition of wage suppression?
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears by boringg on Thursday August 21, 2025 @04:48PM (#44977894)
You gotta re-check your position. This is an extreme interpretation of wage suppression.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears by jstgunderscore on Friday August 22, 2025 @09:19AM (#44984321)
Wage suppression is anytime a worker makes less than the absolute maximum an employer is willing to pay? That would include just about everyone making a paycheck.

Based on my cursory knowledge of the term, wage suppression here would be if FB manipulated external factors in the AI labor market so that their hire would accept a "lowball" offer.

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