I've never understood the position that people shouldn't unionize because they're rich. You know who's even richer? Execs. Tech companies have monopsony hiring power and use it to capture most of the value of labor, enriching execs with mid 8 figure to mid 11 figure net worth.https://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/1172279395035308032 …
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Since the most common response is that companies have little market power and therefore must pay well: Remember the time when Google, Apple, and almost every major tech company other than FB created and wage fixing agreement? https://danluu.com/google-wage-fixing/ …pic.twitter.com/26rWLLUZTT
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There are so many smoking guns I don't even know which one is my favorite. Maybe the time that Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple) got Eric Schmidt (CEO of Google) to fire a recruiter who accidentally violated the wage fixing agreement. The CEO himself made sure the recruiter was fired.pic.twitter.com/JV1bORf3JA
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This seems like an odd interpretation of Joel's words. Seems more like he's saying Facebook has to pay more because it's a bad place to work.
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If it were just that quote, I'd say that he says "places that pay more are bad", but this is a common theme for him and he also says things like the following and generally complains that other companies are paying too much and ruining the job market.pic.twitter.com/Y98EoKqMqf
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The market always looks smarter when it is in your favor.
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