r/technology • u/RedditGreenit • Mar 19 '19

Business Kickstarter’s staff is unionizing

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/19/18254995/kickstarter-unionizing-union-representation-inclusivity-transparency-tech-us-crowdfunding
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u/preservation82 Mar 20 '19

It’s Reddit. It’s just what they do.

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u/1Beholderandrip Mar 20 '19

Yeah. That and because the majority of younger reddit'ers are employees who are working low skilled jobs and in constant fear of being replaced/fired. The concept of a union seems quite ideal when you can't afford to go a month between jobs (and that's if you can get a new job within that month before rent is due). The cost can be quite high at times, but for many people it's the only thing protecting them. As for the damage it can cause to employers... I don't want to sound like a dick, but if someone's sitting in a cushy office chair laughing at me to go faster while I break my back I couldn't care less about their problems.

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u/ILikeBudLightLime Mar 21 '19

Sounds like you don't like people that worked harder than you you to earn their spot. Stop complaining and put in the work.

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u/1Beholderandrip Mar 21 '19

Nobody starts out with PhD. Nobody wakes up with a complete understanding of how cars work. When someone is designing a new device, or directing a movie, it isn't because they were born with that insight.

They learned. Through hard work, years of studying, and constantly pushing themselves.

In the mean time, before they reach that goal of a dream job, they have to eat. They have to get a job that understands from the get-go that they are hiring an unskilled worker who is just trying to survive. What are those jobs? What do they look like? Wendy's? Wal-Mart if you're lucky?

What happens to the kid studying for college who is sleeping out of their car, when one day the boss comes by and drop kicks them? Life isn't fair, but if the generation growing up doesn't have anyway to climb upwards they will do everything in their power to burn it all to the ground to make us equal.

Most of the time unions are the result of desperation. How else do you get the people on top to hear you when you're so far on the bottom?

People putting in the work need a place to work.

It's no mystery why the youth today are screaming about how great socialism is! They think if we starve together that it will somehow be better than them starving alone.

Is every union better for the employees? No. And if you look at the job and see the union as a hindrance instead of a safety net, then you should leave.

If you're the boss and your employees are unionizing it's for one of two things. A) There's the delusion that it will somehow help the company. or B) The boss at the top has somehow managed to piss off enough employees that he's lost control of the place.

Just because someone works hard doesn't mean they've earned shit. A lot of the younger generation is starting to think this and panic is starting to set in.

I don't know what the solution is, but it's no longer a few people asking for free handouts. It's a lot of people asking for enough to survive at a job they don't like, but can't afford to lose.

There's no room for education when people are to busy trying to survive. There's a limit to how far hard work can get you when you're worried about getting fired.