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Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000 a year package with a mixture of anger and admiration (www.businessinsider.com)

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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.

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[+] Drop_All_Users -17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 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 10 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 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.