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Amazon cloud boss says employees unhappy with 5-day office mandate can leave (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by FenrirIII@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] the_radness@lemmy.world 109 points 4 weeks ago (14 children)

Engineering is a skilled trade. We need our own union like every other skilled labor group.

[–] kyle@lemm.ee 12 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I agree. I'm in pre-sales working at an AWS partner and honestly our whole team is treated as dispensable.

[–] the_radness@lemmy.world 15 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I have been laid off from every job (5 in total) since the pandemic. We are a subhuman commodity. Companies that are hiring now are exploiting the market by offering lower salaries.

Meta and Amazon are in their hiring season and they'll start their layoffs again next spring or summer. And somehow, everyone forgets this fucked up cycle keeps happening in perpetuum.

We need to stop being afraid of mentioning the U word. We need better protection and rights as employees.

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