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Judge rejects $324.5M settlement over Apple, Google hiring

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Re: Judge rejects $324.5M settlement over Apple, Google hiring

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That last sentence right there is one of the few times I really wish I was able to down vote. I valued your opinion until you felt the need to include that.

You'll get it at around 600 karma, if you didn't already know.

I wasn't aware so thanks for the heads up!

Re: Judge rejects $324.5M settlement over Apple, Google hiring

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Does anyone know how many people are likely to actually be paid out as part of the class?

There are 64,000 plaintiffs. Source: http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/08/judge-rejects-comically-low...

Good thing it is no 65536 plaintiffs or the 16-bit counter will overflow!

Re: Judge rejects $324.5M settlement over Apple, Google hiring

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Does anyone know how many people are likely to actually be paid out as part of the class?

There are 64,000 plaintiffs. Source: http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/08/judge-rejects-comically-low...

By the way, Judge Lucy Koh estimated that fees would be $82885000, so each of the 64466 class members would have received $3750, not quite the “essentially zero” that Alex at TechCrunch claims in the article you link.

Source: Judge Koh’s order http://www.scribd.com/doc/236255928/Apple-Google-Intel-Adobe...

Re: Judge rejects $324.5M settlement over Apple, Google hiring

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I hope the perception leans more towards 'uber rich tech execs conspired to pay their employees less' and not 'some of the best paid employees complain about how little they make'.

I deleted the comment you've replied to because of the rapid downvotes... but screw it... I'm putting it back here. Who needs karma anyway... To the rest of the public, we probably look like complaining oil or Walmart execs. While the rest of the general public is dealing with insane commutes and thankless/soul-crushing jobs, we got things like "The Social Network" movie, San Francisco gentrification issues, fancy ca…

To the most of the world, even being poor in the US is a dream. They would never understand you parents complaining about tech people complaining.

Re: Judge rejects $324.5M settlement over Apple, Google hiring

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I hope the perception leans more towards 'uber rich tech execs conspired to pay their employees less' and not 'some of the best paid employees complain about how little they make'.

I deleted the comment you've replied to because of the rapid downvotes... but screw it... I'm putting it back here. Who needs karma anyway... To the rest of the public, we probably look like complaining oil or Walmart execs. While the rest of the general public is dealing with insane commutes and thankless/soul-crushing jobs, we got things like "The Social Network" movie, San Francisco gentrification issues, fancy ca…

No we shouldn't be 'complaining'. As tech workers we have it better than most professions in the United States. However that doesn't mean we should be happy that the powers that be are conspiring against us to not pay us what we are truly worth. Any profession shouldn't accept collusion against them by corporations, regardless of what they're currently paid.

Lawyers can charge hundreds of dollars an hour but no one begrudges them that because that is what the market for their services is. Maybe the market for strong IT workers will land in that range too if the market was allowed to work.

Re: Judge rejects $324.5M settlement over Apple, Google hiring

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I hope the perception leans more towards 'uber rich tech execs conspired to pay their employees less' and not 'some of the best paid employees complain about how little they make'.

I deleted the comment you've replied to because of the rapid downvotes... but screw it... I'm putting it back here. Who needs karma anyway... To the rest of the public, we probably look like complaining oil or Walmart execs. While the rest of the general public is dealing with insane commutes and thankless/soul-crushing jobs, we got things like "The Social Network" movie, San Francisco gentrification issues, fancy ca…

It's frustrating that this perspective doesn't get more attention. HN and tech in general pays lip service to addressing social problems, but it's primarily concerned with congratulating its own success and getting defensive against the concerns of the rest of the economy.

No, it's not our fault that others aren't as well off. But that doesn't make mean we can't do anything to help; it does mean we should complain about getting paid marginally lower six figures with a little more self-awareness.

Re: Judge rejects $324.5M settlement over Apple, Google hiring

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As an employer, I'd like to see it move right by two places. I'm not optimistic though.

Agreed. Even 3 decimal places wouldn't do justice to what they have done to us. Fuck those greedy bastards. If we were smart we would unionize ... err, sorry, I mean form a professional association to represent our interests. Like doctors, lawyers, accountants, etc.

$300 billion dollars isn't enough?
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