misk@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoDiablo Devs Unionize Following Layoffs And Dissatisfaction With AI, Payaftermath.siteexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1276arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareAltima NEO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThey kind of screwed people out of unionizing by making everyone a contractor.
minus-squareFeyd@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoYeah and a shockingly effective propaganda campaign, and obvious union busting that only gets a slap on the wrist.
minus-squareDireTech@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoExcept being a contractor is a great deal in tech. I was very happy to trade benefits for being paid hourly. Suddenly those out of hour problems just aren’t that important when they know you’re billing.
They kind of screwed people out of unionizing by making everyone a contractor.
Yeah and a shockingly effective propaganda campaign, and obvious union busting that only gets a slap on the wrist.
Except being a contractor is a great deal in tech. I was very happy to trade benefits for being paid hourly. Suddenly those out of hour problems just aren’t that important when they know you’re billing.