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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Unironically, this. At my previous company we started holding "engineering meetings" that deliberately excluded leadership, and had a lot of jokes about starting a union. By the time I quit it seemed like everyone was on board, so if anyone really wanted to push it then it could have happened.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Actively unhelpful, dismissive, comments that shut down discussion or actively unhelpful comments.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Well
I mean
That is how things start though

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

How so? You can't always wait for people to change things for you. Sometimes you have to dobit yourself

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Everything I suggested is valid and to the point. Nowhere does it say I have to hold anyone’s hand or write out an essay in response.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's hardly dismissive. If there's a lack of unions in a field, how does that problem get resolved? By starting one.

Sure they could provide more resources and information , except oh wait, someone else literally a post above did.

No one ever said starting one is easy, like anything worth doing it's a LOT of work, but that's a complete different matter than the comment being "actively unhelpful, [or] dismissive"

Edit:it was the same guy who posted the comment with more information. Maybe instead of you being actively unhelpful and dismissive, ask questions about the process, seek help, and don't just dismiss what someone else said.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

My wife is a dev in a union for a government adjacent not for profit LoL. Think along the lines of an NTSB type organization but not American.

She's got 3 raises in the past year, AND her role got recatogorized where she had to get her salary adjusted to be on par with everyone in her new unit so she'll be getting another one along with back pay for 4 months. I don't even understand how it's been handled but she's up over 25% since last year.

So the advice above is solid. I'm hoping to retire early and become a stay at home dad if she keeps this up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I've seen school districts with union web dev positions. They don't pay the best but the benefits are usually pretty good and you're not likely to work more than 40 hours a week.