cross-posted from: https://yiffit.net/post/1029567

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2936916

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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    1 year ago

    It’s really not, as evident by the statement immediately after that you left out.

    …we do for the work during the crunch times.

    The sad part was that I wasted at least 10 years of my life trying to achieve something that I eventually had to accept was never going to happen. I think I deserved a 6 figure salary for the work I was doing in IT. Other people had achieved it doing the same work. But after the last layoff and not being able to find something that wasn’t pure tech support for less money that I had been making before, I had to make a difficult decision. And that decision is going to finally lead to the salary I want.

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      1 year ago

      But what you’re saying is “they don’t deserve it, I do!”

      You’re literally saying it’s “sad” that delivery jobs will lead to a 6 figure salary i.e. they don’t deserve it.

      As if this is a zero sum game.

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        1 year ago

        Again, it’s really not.

        It’s that IT workers deserve a union that will back them up and get them that salary.

        Everyone deserves the same chance for reward for doing the same work. Everyone.

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            1 year ago

            Again…

            The sad part was that I wasted at least 10 years of my life trying to achieve something that I eventually had to accept was never going to happen.

            I had to leave a 20 year IT career in order to get what I was looking for. Delivery drivers deserve every last cent they fought for. It’s just a shame that IT works don’t have someone fighting for them collectively.

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              1 year ago

              Again

              The sad part is that this job will eventually lead to a 6 figure salary.

              Why. Is. It. Sad. That. Delivery. Drivers. Get. A. Six. Figure. Salary.

              Nothing else you’re saying takes away from the fact that you literally said this.

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                1 year ago

                I’ve edited my comment for clarity.

                Seriously, stop focusing on your misinterpretation of a single statement…

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                    1 year ago

                    I repeatedly clarified my position. I wasn’t arguing about it, I was correcting your misinterpretation.