I think it's worth highlighting that the author explicitly treats the idea of forming/joining a union with sarcasm:
> Oh, yeah, we should also have a union. Sure. Let’s get on that one of these days.
It seems like a how-to guide for how you as an individual can push the value of your labor down to match the price that capital wants to pay for it, rather than trying to find a way to gain some leverage over capital in order to raise the price of your labor to reflect the value you currently provide. (Leverage like, say, collective action.)
> Once the company reaches the bottom, and capital starts suffering from the damage it is inflicting on the company, it will turn around.
Well, good luck surviving the extra rounds of layoffs between now and then if you're the one who stands out as not working well with others, I guess.
> Oh, yeah, we should also have a union. Sure. Let’s get on that one of these days.
It seems like a how-to guide for how you as an individual can push the value of your labor down to match the price that capital wants to pay for it, rather than trying to find a way to gain some leverage over capital in order to raise the price of your labor to reflect the value you currently provide. (Leverage like, say, collective action.)
> Once the company reaches the bottom, and capital starts suffering from the damage it is inflicting on the company, it will turn around.
Well, good luck surviving the extra rounds of layoffs between now and then if you're the one who stands out as not working well with others, I guess.