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More Than 60% of Tech Workers Feel They're Underpaid (cnbc.com)
gollum123 writes: Tech workers are the envy of labor market -- they earn some of the highest starting salaries and often command top-notch benefits. But money doesn't always buy satisfaction. Entrepreneur reports that tech workers in major American cities earn an average of $135,000 and yet, a survey of 6,000 tech workers conducted by workplace app Blind and reported by Quartz found that over 60 percent feel they aren't being paid enough. The survey also breaks down how tech workers feel about their pay by company. The five tech companies with the highest percentage of employees who felt they were underpaid shared one important characteristic: They were all founded before 1998. Cisco, Intel, Expedia, VMware and Microsoft employees were the most likely to say that they did not make enough money. Cisco had the highest percentage of dissatisfied employees, with 80 percent telling Blind that they did not feel adequately compensated. Facebook employees, on the other hand, were the most like to say that they are overpaid, with 13.8 percent saying that they felt their employer was overly generous.
I worked in a unionized environment for 10 years; I make 6x as much as I did then.
My biggest issue with unions, aside from their political lobbying and, previously, mandate I pay them a percentage of my salary to give me what they consider to be adequate representation is that should, for some reason, make the same as or less than the amount my coworker does when they are less educated, less talented, less able, and less efficient just because they've been there longer than I have.
This is what comes to mind when someone says union to me.
I used to drive tow trucks in an inner city. Then I was an auto mechanic. At work I've been shot at, assaulted, crushed, cut, and burned. My hands and arms are covered in scars and there's still some metal in there.
Now I sit in a climate controlled cubicle on an ergonomic chair and make ten times as much money.
Not that I'd turn down a raise, but overpaid/underpaid are relative terms. The times I feel underpaid, I have to remind myself of the days working on tractor trailers in the summer heat of the deep south.