It's hard to be a free agent (Reply #71)

In the discussion thread: Steve Jobs colluded with other tech co's to keep US employee compensation low [View all]

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:23 PM

LuvLoogie (6,206 posts)

71. It's hard to be a free agent

Without a public, non-employer-based health care system. If everyone is a free agent, what is the point of collective bargaining? You would have to become your own contractor and file as 1099, perhaps incorporate to protect your home from liability. Some can afford to be a free agent. Others would just like steady employment.

There is probably some head-hunting protocol that this guy violated. If the engineer put feelers out on his own, no one would oppose him. But why wouldn't an engineer seek advancement within Apple?

Face it. This recruiter was trying to snag one.

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71 replies	Author	Time	Post
Steve Jobs colluded with other tech co's to keep US employee compensation low [View all]	brentspeak	Jan 2012	OP
Just one more reason why I hate Apple and its products n/t	Tansy_Gold	Jan 2012	#1
Jobs was certainly a well rounded scumbag	tridim	Jan 2012	#2
You're destroying an icon.	undeterred	Jan 2012	#3
My daughter was a pro-Apple products user (she's 20)	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2012	#4
Jobs should have tried to convince other ceos to work for $1 a year. nt	julian09	Jan 2012	#5
Not Excusing Apple, but most computers are made there	we can do it	Jan 2012	#8
it is once again the 'everyone does it...	ProdigalJunkMail	Jan 2012	#15
No, it is more like "stop pretending Apple is the only one"	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#23
Thank you.	we can do it	Jan 2012	#37
It is not about meeting good consumer price points....	WCGreen	Jan 2012	#48
Yes, I agree	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#66
+1	Shankapotomus	Jan 2012	#54
FFS yourself give it a rest they ALL suck	we can do it	Jan 2012	#35
It reads more like	Dorian Gray	Jan 2012	#59
And Apple charges us 3 times the amount for the priviledge	laundry_queen	Jan 2012	#19
You've got to stop paying retail price	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#29
they work better	shanti	Jan 2012	#44
ymmv is right	laundry_queen	Jan 2012	#50
"what they are able to do on it is limited"	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#68
Oh, and...	laundry_queen	Jan 2012	#51
Please show me where you get that Toshiba products are made in china.	juajen	Jan 2012	#52
Well, I Google "Toshiba made in China"	we can do it	Jan 2012	#69
Let's step out of the noise of this thread for a while and talk about your daughter's needs	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#28
This message was self-deleted by its author	brentspeak	Jan 2012	#32
I can't recommend Toshiba laptops enough.	2ndAmForComputers	Jan 2012	#38
It gets 5 stars everywhere I look	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2012	#53
i hope she doesn't consider it	shanti	Jan 2012	#45
Are all tech billionaires huge douchebags?	Initech	Jan 2012	#6
Here, let me help...	Neue Regel	Jan 2012	#7
Can't argue with that.	Initech	Jan 2012	#10
Gates isn't a douchebag. At least not any more.	tridim	Jan 2012	#20
He gave us charter schols and turned the GOP against public education.	Initech	Jan 2012	#24
And he just called for the IRS to raise his tax rate	tridim	Jan 2012	#27
And billions to charityh	Logical	Jan 2012	#34
I don't think his intentions were bad. For many people, the public schools	ecstatic	Jan 2012	#64
Oh PLEASE	we can do it	Jan 2012	#39
It sure seems like it, douchebags and dropouts.	newblewtoo	Jan 2012	#22
And then there's Michael Dell who's synonymous with outsourcing.	Initech	Jan 2012	#25
Not to mention his overall Reaganite politics.	HughBeaumont	Jan 2012	#56
Yes.	Starry Messenger	Jan 2012	#58
still people will line up around the block, waiting all nite for the store to open so	leftyohiolib	Jan 2012	#9
Watch out, the Apple fanboys will come after you.	Odin2005	Jan 2012	#11
I like to think I'm a recovering Apple fanboy.	Initech	Jan 2012	#14
AppleBots are going to show up at your home in the middle of the night.	bluestate10	Jan 2012	#40
Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!	Initech	Jan 2012	#43
Okay, so I don't get it, and I know I'm probably a bit dense on this	hyphenate	Jan 2012	#12
Well, I have a little different perspective	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#31
The MAC OS is limited, at best.	bluestate10	Jan 2012	#41
lol. What is this, some kind of dick size contest?	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#46
They have a cult following. People pay more for a cult.	Logical	Jan 2012	#36
You guys sound like Freepers...	LuvLoogie	Jan 2012	#13
And someone lost their job over a rich boy email exchange.	Ruby the Liberal	Jan 2012	#16
This isn't about wages...	LuvLoogie	Jan 2012	#21
All workers should be free agents.	bluestate10	Jan 2012	#42
It's hard to be a free agent	LuvLoogie	Jan 2012	#71
"Apple Derangement Syndrome"	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#26
"Steve Jobs didn't write the trade laws"	brentspeak	Jan 2012	#33
Bernie broke the law...	LuvLoogie	Jan 2012	#49
PFFFFFFT. Bernie defrauded fellow rich guys.	HughBeaumont	Jan 2012	#57
It's still fraud...	LuvLoogie	Jan 2012	#70
If you want to advocate something effective, pick on the living	bhikkhu	Jan 2012	#17
This is an example of a broader problem associated with semi-monopolies.	Democrats_win	Jan 2012	#18
Rec? Well, at least you're not promoting a hatchet job on Obama!	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#30
But he was a visionary!!11!	progressoid	Jan 2012	#47
I worked in a factory in the U.S. for 8 years	Shankapotomus	Jan 2012	#55
AWESOME variation on the "everybody's doin' it!" excuse! Now, NOBODY wants to work!	Romulox	Jan 2012	#62
I should have added a sarcasm emoticon	Shankapotomus	Jan 2012	#67
scum fucking Jobs.	Whisp	Jan 2012	#60
To iMasters	GeorgeGist	Jan 2012	#61
All you Apple haters are ridiculous, pretending as if Dems have an historical responsibility	Romulox	Jan 2012	#63
This message was self-deleted by its author	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#65

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