Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000 a year package with a mixture of anger and admiration (www.businessinsider.com)

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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.

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[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 54 points 1 year ago

Everybody's salary needs to increase and the only way we can achieve this is through unions. There isn't one single employer that I've met out there in the IT field that was ever willing to increase my salary beyond 2%. It's always "too much". Meanwhile my cost of living has nearly doubled.

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