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Nobody gives a shit about you. When you aren't in person, you don't see people as human. Can't bond or empathize with each other the same.
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The EU has better rules for protecting its professional workforce. As long as the H1Bs are flowing as freely as trillions in new money created, we will continue to have some of the worst possible wealth inequality in the US. I don't know if any of you have read Bill Bryson, but he puts it very concisely: The US is a country that colonizes itself. And now, for WFH employees too, get used to the camera. Your boss is in your home.
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by Kiliani ( 816330 ) on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @09:17PM (#64313821)
I will never understand what people bang on about H1B. There are about 600,000 H1B visa holders in the US. 510,000 can be in the tech sector (since new H1B are capped at 85,000 total - 20,000 of which are for Master's degree recipients; and the max duration is 6 years). The "discrepancy" comes from exempt areas like (STEM) academy, where there simply does not seem enough interest by Americans to fill those jobs.
There are maybe 12+ million tech jobs in the US. So H1B represents at best 4-1/4 percent of the work force. Spouses are not allowed to work under their own H4.
Are there abuses? Well, there are legal wage requirements, but I am sure there are enough companies that underpay their H1B workers yet do not get audited. That is an enforcement problem. Likewise, status is tied to employment, and you have to leave after being 30 days out of employment.
In short, abuse opportunities exist and undoubtedly are being exploited, but it seems doubtful to me that H1B is at the root of the problem. Seems more like a lazy (I am being very kind here) "bash the foreigners" argument.
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It's actually kind of simple here. A very high percentage of the h1b workforce are concentrated around software development in reality. So the percentage of workforce in that area is much, much higher than the 4 percent you stated. Even if it was only 4 percent, having artificial wage control over 4% of the workforce is pretty significant.
H1-B is a horrible program in that it is basically indentured servitude. So even though they are supposed to pay average wages, they don't. As someone working an H1- -
It is kinda funny though that the party that screeches constantly about immigration goes silent if H1Bs are mentioned. Probably because the top of that party lives it some cheap captive labor.
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The only thing most companies want to own these days are their employees. They want you to know that. The investors like to watch you suffer.
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The only thing most companies want to own these days are their employees. They want you to know that. The investors like to watch you suffer.
Investors like to what their quarterly stock dividend payments roll in and the stock price go higher. Simple as that.
And for those stocks that don't pay dividends, investors like to see steady growth in the stock price so they can Buy Now then Sell In The Future and therefore Profit
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The "investors" don't even know you exist nor much care, that's Someone Else's Problem. The problem with American companies is that the C-Suite think of themselves as investors and not managers. They view their job as increasing the stock price of the company. If that means making workers miserable, they are fine with that. If it means making workers happy, they will do that....but only as a means to an end. What many companies are not in is their own business. That too has become merely a means to an end.
If a company is run by the founders because the founders loved what they do, then the company will probably have happier employees since the vision for the company filters down and workers can see the point of decisions. But these days, that only lasts as long as some hedge fund, other investors, or some other company dangles enough money in front of the C-Suite to blind them.
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Not surprising that the 3 areas of technology that they listed are typically used to degrade workers' working lives by constantly monitoring them with the implicit & often explicit pressure on employees to be "more productive." We've exchanged slavers' whips for line managers' tablets with individual employee activity & productivity reports; "We don't care if your health is suffering & you're putting yourself unduly at risk of accidents as a result. Work harder!"
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Being under constant surveillance (CCTV/Trackers) is harmful to one's sense of well-being?
I'm shocked, SHOCKED! Well, not that shocked.
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Back in the Good Ole Days all we had to worry about was badging in to the areas where we were allowed. My last job was at a security-conscious company that did that.
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Clearly you have failed to wear your company mandated Shokkollar: Presented by HP(tm). This infraction will be reported and then you will be shocked. Shocked, we say.
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1. Windows 11
2. Teams
3. Slack
Basically anything that's a pain in the ass, and makes me work hard to even use it. Although honestly, get rid of Windows, and you'll fix 50% of all software based issues.-
Zscaler, crowdstrike. Those silent killers that from time to time seize up the whole system.
All autologout features. I hate it when I just want to check something and have to juggle 4 apps in the correct order for Teams to log me in.I'm adding to this the entire MacOS, I seem to always be fighting with it, from idiotic window management to keeping xcode the way I want it.
And CLion (all jetbrains IDEs in fact), which always do just a bit more than I ask, and I have to fix it.As an ex Slack user, it would be
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What's wrong with slack? Teams is shitty, and its awful ui makes it counter productive, but slack seems fine to me. At least the way my team uses it, it stays out of the way, the ui is fine and works well for instant messaging.
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This is very subjective...
It starts with being (or was 2 years ago) an electron based resource hog.
Same as most programs: its a giant single window application, that almost expects to be maximized to have a usable UI. The expecation today seems to be one screen per program (not exclusive to slack), and I'm just not up with that, especially with window management features going out the window.I'd be very happy for Slack now that I must use Teams, but I'd be even happier with something that integrates into th
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I'm the first to say that a lot of modern tech tends to subjugate people and crush their souls - especially now that corporations run so much of the big show. And CCTV, trackers, and other surveillance shit? That needs to go.
That said, when it comes to "... robotics, consisting of automated machines, self-driving vehicles, and other equipment; and, unsurprisingly, technologies relating to AI and ML, which includes everything from decision management to biometrics", it's a little less clear to me.
All this stuff is pretty new, so there's still an adjustment period to be gotten through. Clearly, biometrics are shit. The "beneficial to employees...been around for decades" stuff - "ICT tech such as laptops, tablets, phones, and real-time messaging tools" - also had a period of learning and accommodation. Particularly, the mobile phones and real-time messaging probably made workers less happy when they were introduced, because their figurative chains could be jerked a lot more often and it was easier for said jerking to be done off the clock.
But now, people have accommodated and are used to these older technologies, and have learned to use them to their advantage. To be clear, I'm not defending corporations' misuse - both current and projected - of the latest tech innovations. Generally, when I'm in a mellow mood I say "fuck corporations" - when I'm not so mellow my comments can get really ugly. But I think it's important to have a bit of perspective, if only to make sure that we're fighting the right battles.
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A sensibility on this is who controls the tech in question, especially when your employer is essentially using tech you own without clearly stated compensation/rules of governance. Much is social convention until enough employees complain about it.
It's also that these technologies often only travel one-way. There's a reason why management is 7 layers thick while you are on-call.
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The absolute richest and greediest people will own the tech, isn't that obvious?
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There should not be more CC cameras pointed at the staff than there are at the customers. It isn't even a "2 minutes over X's break" thing. If I need to scratch my butt, I don't want it to end up in a collected clips video. "First they treat us like subordinates. Then they treat us like thieves. Then they treat us like entertainment. And the New Rules From Management sure treat us like fools." And when we're not entertaining enough, Management makes up new rules. Less efficient rules, less useful rules, whi
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In my workplace there are teams that have just stopped inviting pepple to meetings or sending emails for important notices. They add their "news" to a site somewhere in the organization and they expect everyone in the company to diligently navigate their whole website every day to find out anything. And if you miss a meeting or important update... well then you just aren't being a good employee.
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The problem with modern (especially large) businesses now is the "MBA-ization" of them. Employees are seen as pesky expenses to be minimized. Everything is outsourced to prevent capital expenditures showing a non-profitable quarter. Every aspect is tracked, quantified, and "optimized" to the "n-th degree". Every detail, no mater how small, is monetized to an extreme...and each quarter they expect to squeeze even more out.
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