[screwturner68]

I'd love to see some apprentice programs in IT, it would at least give everyone a standard base of knowledge like what you are supposed to have in a union journeyman. Right now everybody with six months experience considers themselves senior, we have no standards and we all fight each other which isn't how a union works.

[robjan]

I used to work in a unionised engineering department. There were benefits, such as being hard to lay off large amounts of the workforce. There were also disadvantages, such as collective bargaining which meant high performers generally weren't rewarded and salaries were generally below market.

[screwturner68]

Yep, it's good with the bad. Another "good" as I get older is that seniority means something, it's harder to discriminate against the older guys and replace them with a 20 year old for half the price.