If their goal is reducing wages through layoffs/attrition and lowballing new hires, they aren't going to get it without triggering a recession or worse.
I left tech for this reason.
No amount of money is worth that, despite many otherwise brilliant people get into tunnel vision (mortgage, some investment, chasing some top performer image or whatever else) and then SHTF.
Maybe its my European perspective, maybe I am old enough to realize its just a job and life satisfaction and legacy is defined by very different things, maybe I don't give a fuck anymore. Maybe all of it.
The US is systemically anti worker.
If you ended up as a prisoner in some sort of golden cage, your own choices brought you there. Probably too late for you but a cautionary tale for others - dont go down that path unless you grok what it really means, its a decision for rest of life.
Also I never said don't work. Just dont be a prisoner of your company, with your rationale you already gave up the fight for yourself and ended up as a modern slave to... ability to afford health care treatment?
Maybe start some good sports, eat healthy and sleep well and healthcare costs will most probably not be your major concern till retirement.
Many people around me want to leave tech because of this. I'm considering it too, but unfortunately, I have no other skills outside of IT. I guess I would need to get re-qualified. These days, I think it's better to be in healthcare than IT.
Meh, nurse pay seemed alright till I learned how much they’re worked. Maybe physicians get a pretty good deal, but the reasons for that are also why you won’t be able to transition to that career.
Talking to friends in other places, and reading the article, it isn't really different elsewhere. Given the disarray the US government is in & their refusal to give us benefits we've already paid for, employers know they have all the power at this time.