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Did anyone read this article? The summary and title make it sound like a bad YouTube video in article form… “Tech workers react…”
Is there anything actually interesting inside?
It’s businessinsider. The answer is always “no”
They found a post on an anonymous forum complaining and made an article about it because it fits their narrative that workers are being paid too much
They even misspelled “job” in the middle of the article they spent so little time proofreading or fact checking
Edit: The only interesting lines in the article
could get $170,000 in pay and benefits in five years' time
The agreement has yet to be officially approved
Yea. Theres assholes with shitty opinions in all fields of life.
Who are these tech workers getting mad?
As a tech worker, fuck yeah! You earned it. Delivery people deal with so much shit. And I'm rooting for your success.
As a tech worker my only anger is that they're not getting paid more.
As a Tech worker I think my job is more sophisticated, but much easier and less stressful than of an UPS driver, and I'm happy they can get a decent wage.
No anger at the UPS drivers, just my employer. But I can’t exactly stop working without risking my life collapsing around me so 🙃
how is possible that a driver makes much more than average Engineer in R&D?
They don't...and if you aren't in that range with 2-5 years of experience, you should be exploring opportunities.
The other thing, it looks like their TOC is 170k, not their base pay. So that includes their health, time off, retirement, etc...
Any halfway competent engineer should be making that TOC.
Finally...good for them. If you're bitching about them making too much, I'm pretty sure they're hiring.
Yeah but have you sat in a UPS truck even it's parked? It just beeps non stop.
Hmmm Dev bros, what we do now?
Unionize
Talk about an NP-hard problem.
Why does this article exist? Who cares what tech workers think about someone else's pay rate?
The way this reads to me: “Some tech workers [who have never had a hard, physical job but also want their packages delivered in one day] questioned…”
Hopefully, the mixture is 1% anger to 99% admiration. And that they are inspired to demand more for their labor as well.
Points from the article:
could get $170,000 in pay and benefits in five years' time in a new contract.
~~"This is disappointing, how is possible that a driver makes much more than average Engineer in R&D?"~~ "This is disappointing, how is possible that an average Engineer in R&D makes much less than a driver?"
It is important to note that the $170,000 figure represents the entire value of the UPS package, including benefits and does not represent the base salary.
Despite some tech workers' resentment, many workers pointed out UPS drivers work under difficult conditions.
"I'd love for you to meet my dad who has delivered for UPS for over 35 years, hauls 100s of packages in the 105+ degree Texas heat, is literally Santa Claus in Dec, and does it for 9+ hours a day at 67 yo,"
Oh... Cool... We get it - So you're saying fuck the bosses, right?
As a union electrician that's not $170k on the check. They still making like $95k a year but have benifits paid into the package. Medical, pension, 401k, etc.
I was in that blind post and it was dumb. Why complain that someone else is getting more money. It's not a competition. Everyone deserves a good life
Headline should read "Corporate Magazine Attempts to Stoke Up Some Of That Old Anti-Labour Heat From The 80s."
