chobeat@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoAlphabet Workers Union Statement on YouTube Offering Voluntary Exit Packageswww.alphabetworkersunion.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·6 days agoIt should be illegal to fire employees if you’re a publicly traded company and your stock is going up. Why would you?
minus-squareRouthinator@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·5 days agoThese days firing employees when turning a profit is what makes the stock go up.
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoAnything and everything to make the line go up
minus-squarebeella@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down21·5 days agoThe employees knew what they were signing up for. If they didn’t want this to happen, they could’ve worked for a different company.
minus-squarecomador @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoNothing screams ‘I need attention’ more than consistently trying to troll everything you post on. So what’s wrong beella?
minus-squareBlameTheAntifa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days agoWe do not blame workers for their systemic exploitation on Lemmy, particularly those who have organized or are fighting for organization.
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoYou might not be old enough to remember, but there was a time when working at Google was a dream job.
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agoJesus. You have the worst takes on everything, don’t you.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoI see. What tech company should have worked for that would have treated them differently?
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-25 days agoThis is why unions matter. Aside from negotiating employment agreements, they can lobby government. Enough unions across enough industries will make change.
It should be illegal to fire employees if you’re a publicly traded company and your stock is going up. Why would you?
These days firing employees when turning a profit is what makes the stock go up.
Anything and everything to make the line go up
The employees knew what they were signing up for.
If they didn’t want this to happen, they could’ve worked for a different company.
Nothing screams ‘I need attention’ more than consistently trying to troll everything you post on.
So what’s wrong beella?
We do not blame workers for their systemic exploitation on Lemmy, particularly those who have organized or are fighting for organization.
You might not be old enough to remember, but there was a time when working at Google was a dream job.
Jesus. You have the worst takes on everything, don’t you.
I see. What tech company should have worked for that would have treated them differently?
This is why unions matter. Aside from negotiating employment agreements, they can lobby government. Enough unions across enough industries will make change.