Microsoft workers to form company’s first union in the U.S.
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Re: Microsoft workers to form company’s first union in the U.S.
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#3I tink unions in tech should be established while the industry is still in the gold rush. Sure, tech salaries are very high currently and tech workers tend to have more freedom in their jobs, but who knows for how long this will persist.
Better start building unions now, it's never too early for that.
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#4Game companies need this. It’s one of the “software engineering” adjacent subfields that is extremely exploited. The salaries are low, the work is stressful, crunch is high. The reason for this dangerous combo? You’re working your dream job.
This is good, I hope the employees at ActivisionBlizzard can finalize their union if they’re purchased by Microsoft.
Re: Microsoft workers to form company’s first union in the U.S.
#5Game companies need this. It’s one of the “software engineering” adjacent subfields that is extremely exploited. The salaries are low, the work is stressful, crunch is high. The reason for this dangerous combo? You’re working your dream job. This is good, I hope the employees at ActivisionBlizzard can finalize their union if they’re purchased by Microsoft.
The Activision/Microsoft merger may get blocked by the FTC[1].
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/08/us-agency-bl...
Re: Microsoft workers to form company’s first union in the U.S.
#6*Assuming the ATVI/MSFT merger goes through, which it might not. The title should really say Activision Blizzard's first union is formed in the US.
Re: Microsoft workers to form company’s first union in the U.S.
#7Game companies need this. It’s one of the “software engineering” adjacent subfields that is extremely exploited. The salaries are low, the work is stressful, crunch is high. The reason for this dangerous combo? You’re working your dream job. This is good, I hope the employees at ActivisionBlizzard can finalize their union if they’re purchased by Microsoft.
Have you ever worked in a company with a union?
Look what just happened to the railroad workers. The US government forced them back to work and gave everything to the companies.
Unions are effectively a corporation running labor. So you go from working for the company to working for your union rep. They then pimp you out and get kick backs. Wanna leave your job for another company or role? Good luck, you drop in seniority and will have your hours and pay cut. When layoffs come, the highest rank in the union decides who gets cut. His golf buddies obviously keep their jobs.
Then you end up like GE or Boeing in a zombie company. Poor management, poor senior engineers, and good, but underpaid low level engineers.
That’s not to say you can’t collaborate and organize. Ive organized my coworkers to make changes before, no union involved.
Re: Microsoft workers to form company’s first union in the U.S.
#8Game companies need this. It’s one of the “software engineering” adjacent subfields that is extremely exploited. The salaries are low, the work is stressful, crunch is high. The reason for this dangerous combo? You’re working your dream job. This is good, I hope the employees at ActivisionBlizzard can finalize their union if they’re purchased by Microsoft.
> The reason for this dangerous combo? You’re working your dream job.
Doesn't that make it a fair trade? Musicians generally don't make a killing either.
Re: Microsoft workers to form company’s first union in the U.S.
#9Game companies need this. It’s one of the “software engineering” adjacent subfields that is extremely exploited. The salaries are low, the work is stressful, crunch is high. The reason for this dangerous combo? You’re working your dream job. This is good, I hope the employees at ActivisionBlizzard can finalize their union if they’re purchased by Microsoft.
Have you ever worked in a company with a union? Look what just happened to the railroad workers. The US government forced them back to work and gave everything to the companies. Unions are effectively a corporation running labor. So you go from working for the company to working for your union rep. They then pimp you out and get kick backs. Wanna leave your job for another company or role? Good luck, you drop in seni…
Or you end up like Europe. With long maternity leave, paid sick days, overtime pay etc.
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#10The last time they tried the majority of their testing people were fired.