What's your take on unionizing in the tech industry? Advantages? Disadvantages?

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Director of IT in IT Services7 months ago

Unionizing in the tech industry can provide employees with collective bargaining power, fair wages, and improved benefits. However, it may also introduce rigidity and slow decision-making processes, slowing down innovation and flexibility, hindering the industry's adaptability to rapid technological changes.

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Senior Information Security Manager in Software7 months ago

Since Amazon is against it, the unions must be a good thing.

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