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0 pointskjar6y ago0 comments

Serfdom

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Serfdom doesn't pay that well.

Note well: I'm not saying that this is OK, either legally or morally. I'm just saying that the parent is way overhyping the problem.

goobynight6y ago

Naw. You're underhyping it.

Creating this artificial ceiling in the low 6 figures is awful, regardless of how badly people making less than that are getting screwed. As far as I'm concerned, they're as hopeless as a bucket of crabs and we shouldn't use them as a bar or relative bar for anything.

Do I-bankers look at they're comp and say "yeah that's pretty good. I'm ok getting screwed out of any more"?

I think we should always be advocating for our group as hard as we can.

skybrian6y ago

These aren't the only choices. I think our industry is actually a little better with that, where we have some software engineers advocating for more money for the contractors. [1]

[1] https://www.vox.com/2019/4/4/18293900/google-contractors-ben...

AnimalMuppet6y ago

Absolutely everything you say could be true, and that still wouldn't make it serfdom, nor even close.

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AnimalMuppet6y ago

Serfdom doesn't pay that well.

Note well: I'm not saying that this is OK, either legally or morally. I'm just saying that the parent is way overhyping the problem.

goobynight6y ago

Naw. You're underhyping it.

Do I-bankers look at they're comp and say "yeah that's pretty good. I'm ok getting screwed out of any more"?

I think we should always be advocating for our group as hard as we can.

skybrian6y ago

These aren't the only choices. I think our industry is actually a little better with that, where we have some software engineers advocating for more money for the contractors. [1]

[1] https://www.vox.com/2019/4/4/18293900/google-contractors-ben...

AnimalMuppet6y ago

Absolutely everything you say could be true, and that still wouldn't make it serfdom, nor even close.

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