I never worked in Sii, but my first company was kind of similar. The biggest problem I've encountered, was basically getting paid around 3k PLN as Junior Dev while being outsourced for something like 15k PLN as Regular Dev to US/EU companies. Middleman took more than 70% of the money for themselves. The longer you stayed in the company, the more you knew how it works, so folks with 5+ years in were actually getting more fair salary, I'd say middleman (like Sii) in their case took around 10-20%, which is quite resonable.
I have the feeling that a union this guy formed aimed to cut down the fee for any new joiners or people not aware how much they were being ripped off.
That's pretty much how consulting works. Your revenue pays for all costs of the firm - the non billable staff, equipment, facilities, marketing and sales etc. Margin on junior staff is a huge driver of overall revenue, whereas senior staff are expensive so that they aren't marked up much
Author here - suprised to see this posted - but no, "init" and "main" are excluded because that felt like a step too far.
I admit some people might find it a little bit weird to have to put "New" in the middle of a file though, as usually that would be found near/at the top.
I have the feeling that a union this guy formed aimed to cut down the fee for any new joiners or people not aware how much they were being ripped off.