• orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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    15 days ago

    Best thing they can do is quit. Tech workers that continue to stay employed at places like this and military contractors, have no excuse.

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        They should be doing that right now. The tech industry fucking sucks across the board, but tons of folks in the field make excuses because the pay is too good. Regardless of where you work, leave your job board accounts active. I still get tech job listings daily. Even at a pay cut, you’re still above a lot of the struggling working class in terms of income. It’s not like EA being terrible is a new discovery.

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        That is why they should not quit on the spot. Start applying for job postings and quit once they have a new offer in hand.

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      gaming and the tech market arnt exactly hiring in large numbers anymore. they might not even find another job if they quit.

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        15 days ago

        OK so work for people that would enslave you if they had a chance and be the problem for a paycheck. Now you understand why corps do what they do. Now you’re the bad guy.

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      Because affording housing and food is such a non-excuse. AI and mass tech layoffs already, but hey, throw away your job before you have a new one just to appease the morally injured. Same shit in every industry.

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      I want you to know it did not take me long to find this.

      Yeah, this can’t be a partisan thing. That’s just feeding into the same nonsense division governments manufacture. It has to cross those aisles and educate folks on the fact that all working class are in the same battle against the same collective ruling class around the world. We’re seeing authoritarian regimes forming around the world and they are working together. We have to do the same.

      You, 2 weeks ago. Emphasis mine.

      So worker solidarity and all that, but "employees who don’t hold shares, including many who are classified as “‘temporary fulltime,’” don’t count. Just like they don’t count for healthcare and labor protections. They’re just villains eh?

      Well, one way or another, I agree with something you said. It’s just unfortunate you don’t.

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        Working for the enemy helps the enemy and the enemy has been around and known for decades (tech was at least one decade) so what the fuck are yall doing besides making excuses to make more money?!

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          Exactly this. EA has been garbage for ages. This isn’t a scenario where a company was going about its business and then suddenly got bought by a military contractor. It’s harder to account for when you’re one day working on software for the airline industry, and then suddenly software for threat targeting. Instead, this is a scenario where EA told everyone exactly how terrible they are, and then doubled down by selling to oppressors (that have also openly displayed how terrible they are for years).

          I’ve worked in tech for nearly 2 decades and even the lower end salaries are better than most fields (aside from the obvious ones like medical, law, etc).

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        Tech is unique. I know because I’ve been trapped in it for years. There is no excuse for working at these companies because tech salaries are all far higher than most other fields, and there are a multitude of other companies to work for that aren’t military and surveillance contractors (not to mention EA has been terrible for years). I’ve had this choice my entire career and have always refused to work anywhere that helped abhorrent industries. I’ve known folks that refused to leave these industries because the pay was too good. This isn’t a scenario where they’re not aware of what the company does. Hell, I know someone that knowingly and willingly builds software for military drones. There’s no fucking excuse and your gotcha was a worthy attempt but I don’t play that kind of bullshit on the Internet.