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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek surprised at negative impact of laying off 1,500 Spotify employees (fortune.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Ek said Spotify employees were doing too much "work around the work" as he laid off 17% of the group's workforce in December.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hows that going for Tesla? Havent heard anything about that since the license plates

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

They should make sure to get the sanitation workers on board.