Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000 a year package with a mixture of anger and admiration::Some tech workers questioned whether UPS drivers deserved high pay — others jumped in to note the importance of the jobs and harsh working conditions.

    • @pthaloblue@sh.itjust.works
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      3511 months ago

      Narrator, as Elon dances over Twitter headquarters with strobe lights and Google charges employees $99 per night to stay at their own hotel:

      “They were being exploited.”

    • @mvirts@lemmy.world
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      1011 months ago

      Let’s just say that some tech workers in the US are being exploited more than others. A lot more

    • @pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works
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      311 months ago

      I hear what you’re saying: we’re very well compensated. But think of the profit your team helps generate for your employer. It is a lot more than the combined salaries of the people who actually make the product / service.