Comment by johnnyanmac

> This is not the only company that I know of acting in this way

At this point in the tech industry, it'd be easier to name companies not doing this. Maybe Apple? I think they got aroudn it by not renewing contractors. But I might have missed something.

>To me the societal risk is that an entire generation of employees becomes extremely jaded and unmotivated, and fairly so.

I sure am jaded. But more motivated than now in my goals. They used to be to be this knowledgeable IC who can dig deep into a domain, but it's definitely been shifting to being able to sustain myself off my talents. I'll grab short term contracts and let my own products be the steady income.

(yeah, a lot easier said than done. But I have time to prepare for that).

>Who can really blame people for putting in minimal effort when they have so much evidence that it will not be rewarded?

Worse than that. Why put in effort when your reward for providing all that value is still getting the axe?

My industry is finally starting to see real moves at unionizing, but I hope tech as a whole is starting to wake up to this fact?