There isn't a true meritocracy but it's "good enough" in Silicon Valley. Nothing will be perfect but what we have right now is better than any union. Unions will select for those workers with more seniority which is objectively worse than selecting for those with more skill.

>>Sure you would, because you believe that you'd be able to find another job.

No, I don't. I honestly believe that if I can't keep up I don't deserve a job. Period, end of story.

>> Some of us think the system is broken and benefits the few at the expense of the many, and that doesn't seem "fair" to us.

I don't see this in Silicon Valley at all. I think underperforming tech workers deserve to not reap the same benefits as the performing engineers. The bar keeps rising every year, I know this because I've been here 25 years, but it's fairly applied, or at least as fair as can possibly be applied.