>Want to fix the problem? Learn how to negotiate your value to a company.
Wrong. The way to fix the problem is to organize. Collective action works.
Wrong. The way to fix the problem is to organize. Collective action works.
Why would I want to do that? I already make many multiple times more than my peers due to my specialized skill set.
I remember my first job out of college. Somehow, salaries got leaked and I was making 40% more than my colleague, in the same position (he sat right next to me).
The difference was my experience and negotiating skills.
'Collective action' as you say just adds a middleman that won't do much for me..except prevent me from getting a raise on my own terms.
Again, no thanks.
Collectivism is typically preferred by people below median in whatever metric you are considering.
So, in that sense, OP is still correct - it's beneficial for workers to organize for collective action, so long as you draw the proper boundaries within which that collective action will operate.
I beg to differ. Most companies treat their IT employees as exchangeable cogs. Hell, there's an entire offshoring and h1b industry built around that fact, not to mention local dumpsterfires like Accidenture.
> yet people still act like they're forced to put in 70+ hours a week in a coal mine boggles the mind.
Well, many of us work 80+ hours a week and are happy because they're allowed the honor to work for SpaceX/Facebook/Google/... so yeah.