• Owl [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    There was a series of completely non-threatening sit-ins (like a couple hours, out of the way of any work) like five years ago, and Google immediately shat itself and started making concessions before any demands were even made. Interesting to see the difference.

    • AcidLeaves [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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      6 months ago

      tech labor market right now is the weakest it has been since dotcom bubble (other than covid which recovered after literally a few months), even worse than the great financial crisis since that didn’t really hit tech, while 5 years ago was the strongest it has been in decades