Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers

Post by smabie » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 12:54 AM UTC

literallyaduck wrote: post #45

CobrastanJorji wrote: post #42

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Today in "class action over the whole industry having depresed wages from their actions" history, this month marks the 21st anniversary of the DoJ filing a complaint against Google, Apple, Intel, and Adobe for agreeing not to poach each other's employees. The companies eventually settled a civil class action suit for $415 million.

It wasn't enough to correct their malevolent behavior. Alphabet's assets should be frozen pending a full investigation.

Post by ashtonkem » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 1:09 AM UTC

abdabab wrote: post #109

ashtonkem wrote: post #27

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As I keep saying: there’s nothing more dangerous than a company (or department in this case) that was once wildly profitable and is now merely profitable. It’s absurd that even at places like Google, which has effectively infinite money, there’s still this present attitude of not being able to afford paying workers. Nuts.

Maybe you were talking about other companies. Google is still wildly profitable. > the company just set an all-time record revenue of $61.9 billion this quarter, and record profits for the fourth quarter in a row at $18.5 billion. From https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/27/22596592/google-q2-2021-r...

Post by ggm » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 1:12 AM UTC

heavenlyblue wrote: post #116

ggm wrote: post #87

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Yes. They said it better. It certainly doesn't reinforce the positive, yet people seem to insist on using it as if it does. "Well, yes, that penny did land on it's edge but the exception proves the rule it had to be either heads or tails" type statements abound. No.. the exception proved pennies have three states not two: your argument is busted.

Exception proves the rule comes from Roman law: if there is a sign saying you can’t park here on Saturdays, it means that you can park here on any other day.

Post by CamperBob2 » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 1:19 AM UTC

ashtonkem wrote: post #27

threatofrain wrote: post #3

> Google executives have been aware since at least May 2019 that the company was failing to comply with local laws in the UK, Europe and Asia that mandate temporary workers be paid equal rates to full-time employees performing similar work, internal Google documents and emails reviewed by the Guardian show. > But rather than immediately correct the errors, the company dragged its feet for more than two years, the doc…

As I keep saying: there’s nothing more dangerous than a company (or department in this case) that was once wildly profitable and is now merely profitable. It’s absurd that even at places like Google, which has effectively infinite money, there’s still this present attitude of not being able to afford paying workers. Nuts.

Post by tharkun__ » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 1:37 AM UTC

colechristensen wrote: post #15

0des wrote: post #10

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What is the mechanism by which an entity that has the resources to spend on wrist-slaps is prevented from just continuing the behavior forever? I notice this a lot, and it feels like there are these opportunities everywhere that are exploited by corporations who know they'll skate every time with minimal financial impact.

Penalties just have to be set correctly. If I don’t pay a parking meter I’m likely to lose up to 100x as much as I saved… if Google doesn’t pay its employees…