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by ryandrake
3782 days ago
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Would you join a union if it meant you gained one or more of: * increased compensation * accelerated equity vesting * cap on required hours (no more mandatory crunch time) * increased vacation time * protection from your job becoming off-shored * access to better development tools * better working environment (offices or cubicles instead of open plan) * etc. Put another way: Why do you (and tech workers in general) assume that you currently have personally negotiated the best possible work arrangement for yourself that the company could offer, and that no collective effort could possibly produce a better outcome? |
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Even assuming a union would bring most of those benefits, it would only be for a short time until the company could move my job to somewhere without a union. There's no protection from having your job off-shored beyond providing good value to your employer.
Beyond that I don't want to deal with union bosses and union dues and the fact that part of my paycheck ends up supporting politicians I don't want in office. I don't want to work in a place where the company can't get rid of underperformers, or where seniority is more important than ability. I don't want to work in a place populated by people who are comfortable working in a union shop.
If I wanted all that I'd work for the government.