Originally Posted by
Stumplicker
No, I'm not acting like that. And yes, there is some of that going on, but there's always a balance that needs to be struck in any industry. Coming from New Jersey, I'm generally vehemently anti-union in most cases, since many of the unions there are far, far too powerful and the balance of power has tipped too far the other direction.
But unions exist for a reason, and there are a number of industries that would benefit from them in order for the individuals that work in an industry to be better off. Technology and its practices are all very employer-favored because like you said, it's what idealistic people think is a dream job. It doesn't need a lot of balancing, but it could use some. This becomes less necessary as the demand grows and the talent pool shrinks, but that's not the case here. Companies know that there's a local source of cheap labor available at any point so long as their practices allow them to recycle people like disposable batteries.
Yes, get rid of the bad ones and keep the good ones. That's the goal of any employer. But that's not the practice in the tech sector. One of the practices that needs balance is incorporating a company for a specific job, like a development studio whose parent company is Microsoft, finishing the job, then folding the company and firing everyone, just to re-hire them back for the next paper company at an entry level salary, because what are they gonna do? They're now unemployed and applying against recent college grads willing to work for peanuts. It's like Hollywood accounting, and nobody could accuse that of being the right way to do anything.