Some tech workers questioned whether UPS drivers deserved high pay — others jumped in to note the importance of the jobs and harsh working conditions.

Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000 a year package with a mixture of anger and admiration::Some tech workers questioned whether UPS drivers deserved high pay — others jumped in to note the importance of the jobs and harsh working conditions.

  • @[email protected]English
    14•1 year ago

    I’ve been in tech for 3 decades now…and I have nothing but applause for UPS drivers landing this package.

    Why would tech workers have a problem with this? From my perspective, that’s just one more industry I can consider hopping to if my employer doesn’t start getting their shit together when it comes to compensation packages. The more choices available to tech workers, then less beholden they are to their own employers, so this is a win for tech workers also.

    UPS drivers getting this deal is better for everyone, in every industry.

    • @catshit_dogfartEnglish
      15•1 year ago

      Seems to me there’s a concentrated effort to convince the public that there’s outrage.

      • @[email protected]English
        5•1 year ago

        There totally is. The American worker is starting to realize the worth of their labor.

        If we went on strike (I’m a driver btw) it literally would have stopped the economy. We move 6% of the countries GDP. We all won with our contract. It’s way past time for every industry to unionize if an employer is treating them unfairly.