Work Reform

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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

Our Philosophies:

All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

Our Goals

Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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Welcome to 'The Great Detachment': Workers are checked out—and so are their bosses (fortune.com)

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I manage a whole team of engineers. Last month, some C-level asshole with an MBA told a bunch of developers, to our faces, that our volunteer-run hackathons that we operate for the general public should instead be the general public contributing code to us directly.

We run those programs to build good will and help train new developers into the field. And this suit wants to milk them for shitty code we can't even use (legally). This is in an industry which continues to get massive layoffs.

This isn't his first bad idea. The others include removing perks, changing our department name three times in a year, and general fuckery of priorities.

So yeah, as a boss, I'm absolutely checked out.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In a conversation with a friend, I finally touched upon why I no longer think the tech industry is enjoyable. When I got into it, it was filled with people like me. Now, it's full of people who saw the options to make money: doctor, lawyer, tech. They aren't nerdy and passionate about tech. They're just filling a role. I fucking hate that.

[–] fubbernuckin 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I hope the crumbling job market for programmers will make those people look elsewhere.

[–] Soggy 7 points 3 months ago

I hope it convinces white-collar workers that unions are a good thing for everyone.

[–] ivanafterall 7 points 3 months ago

Nothing ol' Papa John can't fix!