Comment by hef19898
6 years ago
Obviously, I have no idea how unions work in the US. But there was the example of Dwayne Johnson, earning 90 Million and being a union member. The collective bargaining I am used to, has the effect in some cases of maybe overpaying certain individuals. IMHO that always happens. It doesn't drag salaries anywhere but up so. And there is a cap on salary levels and job levels being covered by unions collective bargaining. Above these levels, it is what you negotiate with your employer.
>Above these levels, it is what you negotiate with your employer
Teachers cannot negotiate salary, thanks to unions. The best teacher in America is paid the same as the worst teacher.
In most parts of Europe teachers are public servants / state / government employeed. As such, they are bound to predefined salary ranges. Upside, they are employeed for life.
And no every union is about teachers, which are by defenition not comparable to white collar tech employees (coming back to the FB example).
And how would an individual teacher negotiate salary ?
How do you reliably measure teacher quality?
How do you reliably measure developer quality?
The same way you measure anybody else: performance reviews, which are usually executed around here by an administrator or 2 coming to observe a class every semester. Coupled with standardized tests as a secondary measurement, it's pretty easy to tell who's good at their job.
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