Work Reform

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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

Our Philosophies:

All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

Our Goals

Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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We're we are as a society -- 'I'm proud of being a job hopper': Seattle engineer's post about company loyalty goes viral (www.geekwire.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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[–] Godort@lemm.ee 43 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

“Having hired over 500 engineers personally in my career, if your resume came across my list, I would definitely pass.”

Way to tell on yourself, dude. Even if you worked in this role for 50 years, that means you still go through 10 engineers a year(save for the amount that needed to be hired for company growth). Seems like way too much turnover for any company that is worth working for

[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 24 points 8 months ago

Also: big, fat, fucking, ego-driven lie.

[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 9 points 8 months ago

Quoting my response from elsewhere:

… FAANG. Hiring 500 engineers and bragging about it something you can do when you’re just interested in shareholder value not customer experience.

I wouldn’t hire the guy in the article because I haven’t seen strong candidates come from FAANG and I’ve been very happy to lose the people I did to FAANG because they weren’t good engineers, they just knew how to leetcode and tunnel vision trivia.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

That could also be read as you’re not hiring the right people for the job, or your company is so shitty to work for that people leave ASAP. Maybe you don’t pay well and once people have a bit of experience for their resume, they leave for a decent raise. Or more benefits.

Regardless, if I hear someone say that I will definitely be suspicious and have more questions. It’s not the flex he thinks it is.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

It's not decided that was all at one company.