576
Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000 a year package with a mixture of anger and admiration (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
167 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 87 points 3 years ago (5 children)

"This is disappointing, how is possible that a driver makes much more than average Engineer in R&D?"

Because the engineer is being exploited and refuses to unionize.

"To get a base salary of $170k you know you need to work hard as an Engineer, this sucks."

Bitch, UPS workers work harder than I ever did as an electronics engineer.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 10 child comments
    •
  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    "To get a base salary of $170k you know you need to work hard as an Engineer, this sucks."

    Bitch, UPS workers work harder than I ever did as an electronics engineer.

    If he wants the $170k so badly, he should go get a job as a driver then.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    "To get a base salary of $170k you know you need to work hard as an Engineer, this sucks."

    As someone who has worked as a UPS driver and now as a software developer, I can say that the UPS drivers definitely work harder than your average engineer.

    That quote is also deftly ignoring the fact that you’re generally paid for the value you generate, not how hard to you work.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    Fucking truth, especially for software engineers. I spent most of today debating whether to use npm or pnpm for some project that's probably just going to get mothballed anyway.

    I mean I know my worth, but I definitely don't work even 1/23rd as hard as even the laziest delivery driver imaginable. Even pretending to be a delivery driver is more work than my actual job.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [+] -17 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    As a tech worker in rhe U.S. we are definitely not being exploited. I'm all for unions but we're doing just fine.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •