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

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[–] 277 points 3 years ago (2 children)

As someone who works in the film and TV industry, let me go ahead and say whatever you do in America, whatever industry: you're undervalued, underpaid, and your wealthy executives are getting fat on your hard work while you starve.

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  • [+] -284 points 3 years ago (11 children)

    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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    I don't have to, I can afford my own

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  • [–] 40 points 3 years ago

    🤭 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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  • [–] 95 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    "I'm not struggling so therefore no one else is struggling"

    Are you for fucking real?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Read the first comment though.. it suggested that literally everyone is struggling

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 49 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    “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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  • [–] 36 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    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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  • [+] 31 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    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..

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