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[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago

These tech workers are not Bezos. They are just developers and technical people that thought they had a good job with competitive salaries. It sucks they have to uproot their lives because management is being shitty.

They may work for a company without ethics, but that's kind of the corporate landscape these days.

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 49 points 2 months ago

Let me reword what I wrote since I think I wasn't clear.

When I said I am glad this is happening, I mean I am glad that the workers are standing up to Amazon by quitting and heading to a different company. And by 'fuck em'' I was referring to Amazon and other employers who want undue influence on the lives of their employees.

I am 100% on the side of the workers here. Always have and always will be.

[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Sorry i misunderstood, thanks for clarifying!

[-] Dubiousx99@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Thank you both for a positive example of challenging someone’s post.

[-] r0ertel@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

With all the employees back in the office, they'll have plenty of time to hang around the water cooler and discuss all the ways to unionize. Leaving the company is great as an individual, it sends a message. Unionizing helps to restore the balance of power vs rights and is exactly what Amazon doesn't want. This (IMHO) is how you "F them hard". Additionally, it'd send a message to the other companies who want to flex on the people who make the company work.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 2 months ago

What makes you think they aren't ~~listening to~~ gathering training data from their employees? Next Amazon initiative: an Alexa at every water cooler and break area.

[-] r0ertel@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I wouldn't doubt that. I just wanted to pretend for a moment that the thing they're taking from us would result in the one thing that they seem to fear the most.

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

I didnt think about that. Thank you for telling me that.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

I'm not a big fan of overpaid tech workers either. Upper middle class SDE tech bros are not as bad as upper upper class tech CEOs, but that doesn't mean they're good.

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