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Eh, the devs probably don't want this either, only because it means they'll keep their job are they doing this
I vote for making the executives' lives hell instead
As a SWE you have responsibility for what you do. "Golden handcuffs" isn't a cover to help wage wars against users. If it becomes an undesirable posting, they'll either have to pay more or worse engineers will end up working on it.
Judging from how many SWEs are in the US, its basically this or loose your job. And that'd be a bit bad because of how many different pricing crisis there are at the moment.
Judging from how many voters are in the US, it's basically a totalitarian dictatorship or die.
That like of reasoning is kinda broken. We need people to take responsibility before things go too far. Google engineers can get jobs anywhere, they don't need to be doing this shit if they don't want to.
I would wager a guess and say that many joined long before they got this bad, probably because back then their visions and values were a lot more aligned
Nowadays I rarely see more than hectic startups and Big Tech, both of which have massive downsides which affect people outside of their field too.
Additionally, especially at the HQs of Google and others, many SWEs live in vans on the street because rent is too high, they cannot just work somewhere else as that won't actually change the situation