11-16-2004, 10:01 AM
whyBish,Nov 16 2004, 06:23 AM Wrote:Collective bargaining will do the workers no good, as like I said, there is an excess of supply of workers, so the C.B.U. has no monopoly position, as EA can unload the current bunch and re-hire fresh. C.B.U. only works when there is a monopoly (or cartel etc. :P ) otherwise competitive forces will make it unviable (i.e. the workers that can earn more will leave the C.B.U. leaving it with the less efficient workers )
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I do not agree with this. Sure, there are more programmers out there, but the cost of unloading the current bunch and hiring new ones would be astronomical. You can't just throw away all your programmers, plug in new ones and expect everything to be right on track the following day. Running projects woud be hit hard (and possibly severely delayed) and planned projects will have to be reviewed to match the skillset of the new team. Not to talk about HR costs and efforts for all that hiring.
I think you're downplaying the effect of kicking your programmers in the middle of a project. It's by no means small potatoes.