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by tombert 1131 days ago
Not to sound too much like a libertarian, and I'm not against unions, but isn't this something that can be more or less corrected by a lot of engineers finding work elsewhere? It's not like Microsoft has anywhere near a monopoly on the software engineering space anymore, and most of the engineers there can probably adjust to remote work without too much of an issue.

Then we get the cycle of Microsoft complaining that they can't hire enough people, and then they bump salaries up again to be competitive.
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jselysianeagle 1131 days ago
> but isn't this something that can be more or less corrected by a lot of engineers finding work elsewhere?

In this market? I'm skeptical. I'm sure some fraction of them can do so at equivalent or higher pay, but the tech market at the moment is quite soft and I wouldn't be surprised this was taken into account and served as another motivation for this move from MS.

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tombert 1131 days ago
That's fair, I was a victim of the layoffs of 2022 (well, sort of), and it took months to find a job paying well enough to cover my mortgage. I did find one, and I really like it, but it took a lot of time and effort to find...certainly harder than it was early last year.
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DubiousPusher 1131 days ago
> isn't this something that can be more or less corrected by a lot of engineers finding work elsewhere?

In the long run sure. But in the short run, employment is sticky. Especially in the professional world.

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