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.

  • @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

    If you were paid what you were worth the company wouldn’t make any money.

    Corporations exist by the excess value of their workers’ labor, by definition.

    • phillaholic
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      11 year ago

      Eh that’s a paradox though. If the company makes no money, there’s no job for you in the first place making you worth nothing.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 year ago

        No you are misunderstanding the roles of labor and capital. If I withhold my labor, then the owners have nothing to sell. If they withhold pay to me, I go to another company with my labor. Capital cannot create value, only labor can.

        • phillaholic
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          11 year ago

          You can go to another company, but they too wouldn’t exist if they didn’t make money.