The sorry state of streaming residuals shows why SAG and the WGA are striking.

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    As someone in America I’m not undervalued, underpaid, or starving. Maybe you should stick to speaking for your own industry.

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          🤭 it’s funny because in my history of working in engineering, the guy (rarely gal) with this attitude is consistently the least effective or useful. I presume the same applies here, based on a number of factors you’ve politely lain before us all.

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          The attitude of “fuck them, I got mine” is a good way to get people to hate you. I hope you’re okay with that.

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      “I’m not struggling so therefore no one else is struggling”

      Are you for fucking real?

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          It’s fucking hyperbole. Obviously not literally everyone is underpaid (such as but not limited to CEOs). Like, if ya make a comment like what I responded to it comes off as a snarky and you will get shit on for it.

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            Ok but you attacked someone for saying that they personally aren’t suffering, even though they weren’t suggesting they speak for everyone either… unlike the other comment

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          I only said people are starving because some are, and it’s avoidable. But everyone in America is grossly underpaid compared to executive pay and corporate wealth.

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        Did you even read the post they replied to? It said that all American workers are underpaid. That’s objectively wrong. This person was pointing that out.

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      “Um actually 🤓 ☝️”

      Have some sense to not post something like this when you are aware of the plight of the average worker in America even if you are in the minority as a tech worker

      (I’m also a tech worker)

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        Honestly even tech workers are not paid enough relative to executives. Shit is crazy out here.

        And then lawyers be making like $1mil a year.

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          Some people being over paid doesn’t make everyone else under paid.

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            In the case where you work at the same company and get paid from the same revenue source, then that is exactly what it means.

            EDIT: Also consider that if you balanced pay better across an organization, less of it would get taxed.

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              No it doesn’t. Not everyone deserves the same pay. You’re asking for communism basically.

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                I didn’t say everyone deserves the same pay. I just don’t think an executive’s job is 100-400x harder than the average worker, yet many executives make that much more.

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                  I agree with you in principal, but some executives are probably worth 10000x the pay of some average workers because the average worker could literally never do their job as well.

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      Engineer here - we’re undervalued too. We just happen to have more clout in the workplace at the moment, and so more individual bargaining power. That can change on a dime, though.

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        It’s also just relative scaling. A Starbucks barista might make $40k/year while its CEO Laxman Narasimhan makes $15M/year. Meanwhile, a Google engineer might make $400k/year, but its CEO Sundar Pichai makes $225M/year. So while an engineer will earn way more than a barista, as a fraction of CEO pay, engineers often actually make less. Both are symptoms of worker exploitation. It just so happens that technology companies tend to make a lot more money than coffee companies.

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        If that changes I’ll figure out the new way. Wouldn’t be the first time, don’t figure it’s gonna be the last.

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        I don’t really have issues there, either. I actually get in hot water if I don’t take at least 6 weeks of PTO a year, and the maximum is unlimited so long as my work gets done.

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      If your CEO has money, you’re probably undervalued and underpaid. It’s how the incentive structure works.

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      Hahaha, 😅 uhh you most certainly are, buddy! Hate to burst your bubble and bring you back down to reality… I know you hate it when we take the binkiboot out of your mouth to let your breath for a second, but you got to give it up eventually… you’re too old for that now…