[granshaw]

Core to all of this is that anything provided by an employer could be used against you. Even if I wanted therapy sessions I’m not going to share my work related issues with an employer provided coach, hell no.

One thing I’d like to see is independent co-operatives which a group of tech workers (across different companies!) chip in to pay for. They could include veterans for mentorship, agents to help with negotiations/job-hopping advice and possibly even representing you during negotiations, lawyers to help cross out stupid post-working-hours IP clauses etc

Something like a union but minus the grossest parts like mandating actual pay, employment terms, and benefits. More of an easily accessed professional services group. I’m sure this exists in other industries.

[wonderwonder]

"anything provided by an employer could be used against you". 100% this. I worked as a manager at a large company and the managers and directors were clashing. HR organized a sit down with the managers so we could express our frustrations. They listened to us, walked away for a bit leaving us some busy work, and then came back and told us that essentially the directors are our bosses and we have no right to complain and doing so is very unprofessional, essentially yelling at us for 15 minutes. I left as soon as I found another job a month later.