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The proletarianization of tech workers (doctorow.medium.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by erlend_sh@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Remember when tech workers dreamed of working for a big company for a few years, before striking out on their own to start their own company that would knock that tech giant over?

Then that dream shrank to: work for a giant for a few years, quit, do a fake startup, get acqui-hired by your old employer, as a complicated way of getting a bonus and a promotion.

Then the dream shrank further: work for a tech giant for your whole life, get free kombucha and massages on Wednesdays.

And now, the dream is over. All that’s left is: work for a tech giant until they fire your ass, like those 12,000 Googlers who got fired six months after a stock buyback that would have paid their salaries for the next 27 years.

We deserve better than this. We can get it.

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[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh man, guy saved 3k a year, so rich /s

[+] SCB@lemmy.world -13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I love when you guys tell on yourselves lol

[–] theparadox@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Jesus Christ, I guess the capitalists are still winning. Keep us fighting amongst ourselves so we never unite. What, exactly, would convince you to have solidarity with a person able to save 3k a year? To quit and work for less? To donate all non-living expenses to charity until their QOL is on par with yours?

Seriously though, there is no reason why labor at all levels can't work together to improve the system and demand better treatment across the board.

[+] SCB@lemmy.world -7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I hope the capitalists will always be winning. Capitalism is awesome.

Also the person you're talking about saved that money and invested it, making them a capitalist.

Class solidarity is nonsense.

until their QOL is on par with yours

I make a lot of money and live in a moderate COL area. It's almost certain my QOL is higher than theirs.

Fun fact: almost no one has the money to just start a business from scratch. That's why investors exist. Banks give out business loans all the time. That's capitalism, and that's why it's awesome.

[–] theparadox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apologies, I didn't realize that your goal was to promote capitalism and defeat class solidarity.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Can't defeat something that isn't real.

[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 1 year ago

You know it's not terribly difficult to save a couple hundred a month so long as you're not making minimum wage and budget for it