Going to the wreckage is a reasonable idea. There will be an ELT in there which is what a rescue crew will come looking for. Plus it's easier to spot from the air than a lone person. And maybe something useful survived the crash.
Yes! I keep seeing these idealistic responses about negotiation.
When you negotiate a higher salary, you are saying to your boss, look, I know I am creating more value for you than I'm getting as a wage, and I know you can't just swap me out with somebody else. You're actually making a demand that needs to be underwritten with a credible threat, no matter how politely you communicate that. You demand that the company realign your wage with your value (actually, you demand that they get closer, they of course never pay you your full value, or they don't make any money).
It's really that simple. You get what you have the power to get. It's not magic, and it's not all about the attitude or w/e.
Of course we are all still constrained by material reality! If you can't make the credible threat, you can't "just" negotiate. (Duh)
The games industry is notorious for crunch hiring and firing, low wages and exhausting work regimes. When work conditions like that prevail, people unionize (good for them imo). If there's anything surprising about it, it's that people put up with it for this long.
Yeah, it's a good idea to learn how to negotiate and good advice to leave a failing company if you can.
But "just learn to negotiate" is really a non-solution if the goal is to transform unacceptable industry wide labor practices.
Sickening pro robo war jingoism!