misk@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 hours agoDiablo Devs Unionize Following Layoffs And Dissatisfaction With AI, Payaftermath.siteexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.mlgaming@beehaw.org
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minus-squareAltima NEO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoThey kind of screwed people out of unionizing by making everyone a contractor.
minus-squareFeyd@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoYeah and a shockingly effective propaganda campaign, and obvious union busting that only gets a slap on the wrist.
minus-squareDireTech@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours 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.