Unionize the programmers?
I am slack-jawed. Wired has run a piece on unionizing the tech industry. I can see it now… Â
- mandated coffee breaks, lunches, and time and half at ship time.
- grievances over the size of your stock option award.
- the water cooler conversations… “Hey, Jimmy’s fixin’ too many bugs. He’s makin’ us all look bad.  Who wants to have a chat with him?”
Who would realistically want this?  Tech is the most vibrant, creative, inventive and fast moving sector of the economy, full of type-A personalities, and people (each and every one of them) who view what they’re doing as the next “moon shot”. Furthermore, it’s a mobile and fluid workforce. Why would you ever consider saddling this workforce with the baggage of a union?
Are unions even relevant anymore? The things they fought for are now mostly part of employment standards legislation. What do they stand for today?
May 17th, 2006 at 4:26 pm
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May 18th, 2006 at 1:35 pm
“Tech is the most vibrant, creative, inventive and fast moving sector of the economy, full of type-A personalities, and people (each and every one of them) who view what they’re doing as the next “moon shotâ€. Furthermore, it’s a mobile and fluid workforce. Why would you ever consider saddling this workforce with the baggage of a union?”
I agree with you.