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Hi-tech Work Places no Better than Factories?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-shocker-here dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "A tasty bit of truth. Again, a Sociology Professor has found out what we all know. He wistfully comments on the state of geekdom in the modern corporation: "They face the lonely insecurity of the individual entrepreneur in a marketplace and culture that stresses, with macho imagery from war and sports, that they are ultimately alone" and adds that... "For many this may be the shape of work in the 21st century." You want to start a union? I mean how much is your boss making at your expense even if he did start the company long before you joined up?"

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  1. Re:You wanna start a Union? by Subcarrier · · Score: 5, Funny

    HELL NO.

    Damn right! For a geek a strike would mean not touching the computer for an extended period of time. Can you imagine abstaining from games and pr0n for that long? A few days and we'd be ready for a pay cut...

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  2. Re:You wanna start a Union? by 0x0d0a · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you work for a software company on a piece of software and go home and start writing an open source equivalent during your strike time?

    Nah, I'd say that this would be significantly more influential than drinking beer at home or picketing or anything that the steelworkers did... :-)

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