PSA: Break Your New York Times Games Streak Today.
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They’re asking that people stay off NYT games and cooking-related pages:
NYT Games and Cooking are BEHIND THE PICKET LINE. Please don’t play or engage with Games or Cooking content while the strike lasts!
News coverage — including election coverage — is NOT behind the picket line. It’s okay to read and share that, though the site and app may very well have problems.
Believe it or not, that is a seriously hard ask for a lot of people, especially the part about the games.
They should do it anyway, but I bet a lot won’t. Like my uncle used to do the NYT crossword every day in pen. Because he’s super smart and says it’s cheating if you use a pencil. I never talk to him, but he’s probably doing it online these days. Either way, I could picture him in the corner, twitching and going through NYT crossword withdrawal.
As a fellow NYT-crossword-every-day guy, there’s very little chance he’s doing it on the computer. It’s not the same. It’s like a decades-long pack-a-day smoker switching to vape pens.
That makes sense.
But, I’ll lose my streak!
Calm down. It’s not Duolingo. Your family is safe.
Don’t take this as advice to ignore the picketers, this is a genuine question because I don’t understand.
Wouldn’t it be more effective to have MORE people do the games today, and for them to disable ads and trackers when they do? Put strain on the services while the workers are on strike, highlighting the need for them.
I don’t think it could ever add up to a significant amount without the whole planet doing so. Not using the services today sends a measurable number of people who are behind the strike, instead of just most likely making it a very successful day numbers-wise.
I don’t think sabotaging the product is a wise move if they ever will land a new job.
It’s different from laying down work temporarily for a better bargain position, and asking users to support them with that, because it’s a bit different than a car factory that stops working immmediatly as a result.
If car workers would go out of their way to destroy already produced cars or the machines, they wouldn’t last long at the bargain table.
Sorry, I mean for users respecting the boycott to choose to simultaneously not give NYT any ad money while also causing load on the games servers.
The Guild represents more than 600 software developers, data analysts, and designers
The Tech Guild has been negotiating a contract since March 2022
If you’re a software engineer in New York City and you want more pay, in all seriousness, I’d think that working for someone other than the New York Times would be an easier route than staying there and trying to extract more money from the NYT or dicking around with a union. Like, your skillset is applicable elsewhere, and newspapers have been having a rough time of it. If they aren’t paying market wage, just walk over to another employer.
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For the New York City Area:
New York Times, New York City, Software Engineer:
Role Total Compensation Base Salary Stock/yr Bonus Associate Software Engineer (Entry Level) $115K $109K $2.5K $3.3K Software Engineer $136K $126K $0 $10.1K Senior Software Engineer $190K $159K $16K $14.1K Staff Software Engineer $243K $183K $39.5K $21K Facebook, New York City, Software Engineer – a tech company that, last I was paying attention to software engineering salaries, had a reputation for strongly-competitive compensation:
Role Total Compensation Base Salary Stock/yr Bonus E3 (Entry Level) $216K $152K $44.2K $20.4K E4 $331K $185K $112K $34.7K E5 $430K $209K $192K $28.4K E6 $678K $253K $376K $48.5K E7 $1.11M $306K $716K $90.7K extract more money
dicking around with a union
Have you tried working-class solidarity? Why not support people who are working together to better their lives and the lives of their peers?
Sorta scabby thinking there. The writing is on the wall for tech workers too. The reason salaries are falling is that individualistic mindset. I know it has been recently true in tech that the only way to get a raise is to change jobs. This is proving to no longer be true.
Newspapers in general have been having a tough time, but the NYT is fantastically profitable. They’re basically a games, review, and recipe company with a side of news.
A union may well get their compensation up in line with industry norms
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