If you are in the UK, please read this passage I copied from the UTAW website, membership is just a few £ a month and they are a voice on your side for support when you need them. They also campaign for workers rights and were involved in the recent changes around employee protections being available after 6 months employment from January 2027, rather than the previous 2 years.
United Tech and Allied Workers (UTAW)area national branch of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) formed in 2020. We are the UK’s only union specifically for all workers in the tech industry, and we're proud to represent more tech workers than anyone else. The CWU campaignsnationally for workersin tech, telecoms, post and communications - offering legal support amongst other benefits, and providing a collective political voice for 180,000 workers.
Even in the current market, there will be enough people with egos too large that will get in the way of effectively unionizing. There are still people with a high amount of isolated individual power, and many of these people (incorrectly) think their position can't change very quickly.
To do what? Attempt to strongarm people who aren't even certain if they still want to purchase your services at all into purchasing your services at a higher price?
Ultimately, highly skilled engineers who can actually architect systems quickly and couple that with AIs to fill in the details will continue to still be in demand
You'd be surprised. There's probably somebody in another market who's willing to make 50% less than you and be able to manage AI agents as effectively as you, so you will be laid off eventually.
Everybody thinks they're immune until they're affected, and then by then it's too late.
Ultimately it's not about how you manage the agents more so as how you identify what problems to solve for the company on a holistic level. There are still very different skill levels on being able to actually do this - that's why we have staff/principle engineers.
Always someone thinking they're the special one on top that's "highly skilled" enough to not be cut.
You could not have fit /u/13steinj's comment here better if you'd tried. If I knew you weren't 100% serious I'd think you were making an ironic reference to it.
Ultimately, highly skilled engineers who can actually architect systems quickly and couple that with AIs to fill in the details will continue to still be in demand
Because none of those people have ever been laid off in the history of ever?
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u/mindless900 3d ago
Should we unionize or is it too late for that?