yes, the companies are happy to shaft anybody they can (it is just right now they cant do that to tech employees). And i'm all for rising tide for everybody, for [significant] minimum wage increase, for more protections for contractors, for single payer, safety net and universal college education (and for higher taxes to cover all of it), etc. What i'm saying is that tech employees complaining should understand how much better they are off than everybody else, otherwise it becomes just a self-entitled whining.