Also salaries and wages aren't dependent on how hard you work. It is how much value you bring to a company (and how easily you can be replaced).
About 15 years ago .NET programmers were getting much higher rates than they are today in the UK (at least in London). The last time I looked node, go, AWS and other things were much more highly paid.
And employers currently whining about lack of employee loyalty just make me laugh.
Fact remains, here we are. Employers do not hesitate to take ground when they have the advantage, which is usually. Use yours while you have it.
Tell me why should technological change benefit workers?
> Fact remains, here we are. Employers do not hesitate to take ground when they have the advantage, which is usually. Use yours while you have it.
Sure. I run my own business and I am a consultant \ freelancer. I am my own employer.
Technological benefits make individual workers more productive, allowing them to be exploited for more profit. If you don't understand the economics or incentive of the situation, there's no reasoning you out of a box you didn't reason yourself into.
It also makes harder jobs easier and in some cases allows someone unskilled to perform a job that a only a more highly skilled person could do. Thus someone is easier to replace and thus cheaper.
> If you don't understand the economics or incentive of the situation, there's no reasoning you out of a box you didn't reason yourself into.
I understand it fine. Technological advances is a double edged sword with regards to Labour. It may create whole new industries while destroying old ones.
Tell me why should the prior arrangement where there was what many feel was a more equitable arrangement not continue?
> I am my own employer.
Congrats. I was self-employed for over a decade, too. And none of this has anything to do with equitable employment arrangements.
Because who else is technology for? What’s the point of having technology if it doesn’t benefit 99% of the population? What you’re describing is the plot to Elysium.
Demand a doubling of pay to match productivity increases. The power is in our collective hands.
Sure. However that won't last forever. It will drive companies to innovate away your job. I go for a McDonalds breakfast after my bike ride on a Saturday and the checkout staff are basically non-existent now. They instead have self service touch screens.
> Demand a doubling of pay to match productivity increases. The power is in our collective hands.
Why? The productivity increases might be for other reasons. Automation (many jobs have effectively been automated away), outsourcing to other countries.
Also I am not a socialist so don't include me in that nonsense thankyou.
This drive exists all the time, just like people like to save money when they go shopping.
Good. We need less bullshit jobs.
>Why?
Because workers have the right to negotiate wages and asking for increased pay is a very fair negotiation during a labor shortage caused by low wages.
>I am not a socialist.
It’s very easy to tell by your complete lack of support of worker’s rights.
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If I can hire 3 unskilled workers for less than the price of a skilled worker that is twice as productive as a single unskilled worker. I would just hire 3 unskilled people.