Ek said Spotify employees were doing too much "work around the work" as he laid off 17% of the group's workforce in December.

Ek said Spotify employees were doing too much “work around the work” as he laid off 17% of the group’s workforce in December.

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Might I suggest the Spotify employees unionize or better yet… US tech workers. That way they can make a fist and punch this guy in the proverbial dick.

    • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
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      5 months ago

      They were in the process of unionising in Sweden, when the layoffs dropped. Some months later, Spotify cancelled talks about the proposed collective agreement, insisting a statement that Spotify employees don’t need unions because their working conditions are already exceedingly generous.

      (A bit of background: workplace collective agreements are commonplace in Sweden. Spotify, though, seems to have tried to import US union-busting practices, not unlike Tesla.)

        • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
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          5 months ago

          As of a few weeks ago, the strike is still going, with everyone from cleaners to electricians refusing to work for Tesla.

      • ???@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        And let’s not get started on ‘Employer Unions’ like ALMEGA (which in my head is synonymous with Satan)