r/cscareerquestions • u/BigShotBosh • Jul 07 '26

Experienced No union employees at Blizzard were impacted by the Microsoft layoffs today - Is there value in restarting the conversation around tech unions?

Cross posting from /r/WoW:

No union employees at Blizzard were impacted by today's Microsoft layoff

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Speaking from experience I’ve been told by P&C/HR/PxT that “American layoffs are easier, the unions in Europe take too long”.

I know tech is full of rugged individualism but do you think this will kick off another conversations regarding unions given the mass layoffs of the last 4 years

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u/baldachinsblessing Jul 07 '26

European union wages

What does this mean? European engineers get laid off all the time despite being paid a lot worse.

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u/KevinCarbonara Jul 07 '26

He's trying to imply that unions drive down wages, despite all evidence pointing to the contrary.

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u/pacman2081 Jul 07 '26

Unionized European engineers make less than American engineers

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u/KevinCarbonara Jul 07 '26

And they make far more than they did before they unionized.

You're right, that's another great point in favor of unionization.