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L4sBot Aug 29, 2023

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy warns remote workers: 'It's probably not going to work out for you'

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy warns remote workers: 'It's probably not going to work out for you' - Lemmy.world

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy warns remote workers: ‘It’s probably not going to work out for you’::Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told employees who defy his edict to return to the office three days a week that “it’s probably not going to work out for you.”

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AlexWIWA Aug 29, 2023

Maybe tech workers will finally unionize

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3laws Aug 29, 2023

It’s not looking good for programers in particular.

The reason why the can get paid as much as they want is 100% based on you being able to jump ship form company to company without having to wait for a company to find common ground between you and them through a union.

Sure, they’ll still be hugely compensated but tech companies will keep abusing interns, freelancers. Obviously outsourcing will explode even more than it already has in the last 10 years.

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Avid Amoeba

I don’t buy it. This isn’t the only mechanism, probably not even the most important one, for why salaries are where they are. Shortage of and especially of highly competent programmers is. This actually underpins why jumping ship is even as easy as it is. Uninionization will provide additional leverage, while not diminishing the shortage pressure. Part of the point is that this leverage can substitute the leverage we have due to the current shortage, if and when it diminishes.