Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000 a year package with a mixture of anger and admiration::Some tech workers questioned whether UPS drivers deserved high pay — others jumped in to note the importance of the jobs and harsh working conditions.

  • Drop_All_Users@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As a tech worker in rhe U.S. we are definitely not being exploited. I’m all for unions but we’re doing just fine.

    • pthaloblue@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Narrator, as Elon dances over Twitter headquarters with strobe lights and Google charges employees $99 per night to stay at their own hotel:

      “They were being exploited.”

    • mvirts@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Let’s just say that some tech workers in the US are being exploited more than others. A lot more

    • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I hear what you’re saying: we’re very well compensated. But think of the profit your team helps generate for your employer. It is a lot more than the combined salaries of the people who actually make the product / service.