The cost difference between business and economy for domestic flights is insane recently. Last week I got an upsell ad in checkin to upgrade the first segment of my flight for 700 dollars. This was a 40 minute flight on a regional jet. The difference in seats on that flight is minimal - 2 extra inches of legroom, and such a short flight no service. But the reason that the difference is so high is because of supply and demand - people do want things to not be shitty but there aren't enough not shit to go around.
It doesn't take much pressure to get Vos to be a huge piece of shit. I don't know he goes through his daily life without being punched in the fucking face constantly.
Remote worker advocates are so unbelievably short sighted it's mind boggling. If you argue that your job can be effectively done remotely (and some can but certainly not as much as advocates claim) then it can be done by someone in developing countries for a fraction of the cost. Not done well but decades of offshoring has shown that companies don't care how shitty things are done if they save a few bucks.
The program should be eliminated as there is no actual shortage of tech workers, just a shortage of tech workers who will work for below prevalent wages.
Phantoms was by Dean Koontz.