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Re:The decline in unionization has fed the rise in incomes a... by refurb on Sunday March 22, 2015 @07:30PM (#9248698)
But the status quo is awful for most of us.

No offense, but I think that statement is ridiculous. You admit you're in the top 1% of income earners in the US and you choose to use the word "awful" for your predicament?

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Re:The decline in unionization has fed the rise in incomes a... by Igglyboo on Sunday March 22, 2015 @09:24PM (#9249000)
Just because he's rich doesn't mean he can't sympathise with or understand the plight of the middle class, just like most people understand and sympathize with the plight of the poor.
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Re:The decline in unionization has fed the rise in incomes a... by refurb on Sunday March 22, 2015 @11:17PM (#9249334)
Unless I'm reading the post wrong, he's saying it's "awful for us". That would include him, someone in the 1%.

My point is, the "plight of programmers" comes nowhere close to "awful" when you actually look at what some workers have to put up with.

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Re:The decline in unionization has fed the rise in incomes a... by edwinnathaniel on Sunday March 22, 2015 @08:37PM (#9248874)
He's the 1% and the "awful for most of us" is for the 99%.
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Re:The decline in unionization has fed the rise in incomes a... by SomeCallMeTim on Monday March 23, 2015 @02:26PM (#9252535)
As others have mentioned, I wasn't complaining on behalf of my own situation, which is exceptional.

Practices like "stack ranking" hurt all of us when they result in good people being fired or reprimanded, though.

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