Archivist Leslie Berlin Tackles Silicon Valley's Past in 'Troublemakers'
Archivist Leslie Berlin Tackles Silicon Valley's Past in 'Troublemakers'
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
November 27, 20173m 17s
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Show Notes
Silicon Valley job perks are mythic. Self-replenishing snacks. Unlimited vacation. A pile of stock options. But as much as these professional entrapments might seem like dotcom-era phenomena, the practice of sweetening the deal for tech employees dates back to the ’70s as a way to ward off labor unions. Happy workers, explains Stanford historian Leslie Berlin, are less likely to agitate for better conditions.
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