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Should IT Unionize?
snydeq writes "Sixty-hour work weeks with no overtime or comp time, a BlackBerry hitched to your belt 24/7, mandates from managers who have no clue what you actually do — all for a job that could be outsourced tomorrow. 'Is it finally time for technology workers to form a union and demand better working conditions?' InfoWorld's Dan Tynan asks. To some, the odds against IT unions are long, in large part because the 'lone gunman' culture is pervasive. Diversity of skills and job objectives is another hurdle for rallying around common goals. But that has not dissuaded several union-minded groups from cropping up across the industry as of late, Tynan reports. In the end, the best bet for IT may be a professional organization modeled after the American Bar Association or the American Medical Association, one that could give IT professionals a single voice for speaking out on issues that affect everyone — such as H-1B visa limits or tax incentives to keep IT jobs onshore."
Unions are for pussies. Next thing would be demanding licenses, like lawyers do.
OTOH, imagine one day strike when all administrators down every machine they have access to.
My whole being exists in a formless void.
Sixty-hour work weeks with no overtime or comp time, a BlackBerry hitched to your belt 24/7
So if you don't like this, why didn't you negotiate this when you started? No one forced you to take the job. If you didn't like the requirements, go somewhere else.
Oh wait, we live an a culture of 'someone take care of me'. Don't take responsibility for you own choices, let someone else fix it for you.
<sigh>
Just remember - if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.
Hey, at least you have jobs, so please stop whining.
The term "self-taught professional" is an oxymoron. How would you feel if you were going in for major, life-saving, high-risk surgery and just before they put you under they told you that your surgeon was "self-taught"? If I had a dollar for every mess that I had to clean up that was orginally made by a "self-taught professional", I could have retired by age 35. If organizing would eliminate some of the self proclaimed professional and have some sort of vetting or apprenticeship process like a trade union, I'm all for it.
Ah the union parasites are at it again, trying to latch on to a new industry because they've sucked the existing ones dry.
This question has already been posted on Slashdot and already answered a resounding no.
It's a shame unions have preyed on our poor for over a century; IT is too educated and informed to fall for the union bullshit.
I'm an American, but [insert troll about how Americans suck here please]
But your homepage lists a +82 prefixed contact number, which is in Japan.
Nice troll, though. I am sure you'll cook up a good response.
Can you explain to me why a company should continue to pay me long after I choose to stop working for them (retire)? Proper savings and spending while I am able to work should guarantee my retirement income; it should be up to myself to take care of myself