“This week, our employer has been prominent in the headlines as Alphabet stock reached a record high. We, the workers who generate those profits, deserve to feel secure in our employment. While we celebrate the fact that our organizing is working, with our demand to offer voluntary buyouts before mandatory layoffs becoming a new company standard, we know that the fight is far from over. “
Apparently, Google has agreed to offer a VEP rather than issue more layoffs?
This is why unions matter. Aside from negotiating employment agreements, they can lobby government. Enough unions across enough industries will make change.
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captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org · 27 pts · 307d
“This week, our employer has been prominent in the headlines as Alphabet stock reached a record high. We, the workers who generate those profits, deserve to feel secure in our employment. While we celebrate the fact that our organizing is working, with our demand to offer voluntary buyouts before mandatory layoffs becoming a new company standard, we know that the fight is far from over. “
Apparently, Google has agreed to offer a VEP rather than issue more layoffs?
nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 307d
Google is such a shitty company morally
And then it treats you employees like shit
I hope y'all are looking for new jobs, quietquitting, and monkeywrenching
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 307d
It should be illegal to fire employees if you're a publicly traded company and your stock is going up. Why would you?
Routhinator@startrek.website · 24 pts · 307d
These days firing employees when turning a profit is what makes the stock go up.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 307d
Anything and everything to make the line go up
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 13 pts · 307d
This is why unions matter. Aside from negotiating employment agreements, they can lobby government. Enough unions across enough industries will make change.
beella@lemmings.world · -20 pts · 306d
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.
WarmSoda@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 306d
Jesus. You have the worst takes on everything, don't you.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 306d
We do not blame workers for their systemic exploitation on Lemmy, particularly those who have organized or are fighting for organization.
Ulrich@feddit.org · 7 pts · 306d
You might not be old enough to remember, but there was a time when working at Google was a dream job.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 305d
I see. What tech company should have worked for that would have treated them differently?
comador@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 306d
Nothing screams 'I need attention' more than consistently trying to troll everything you post on.
So what's wrong beella?
beella@lemmings.world · -23 pts · 306d
I have literally 0 sympathy for anyone working in big tech in 2025.
They deserve all the abuse they get, and then some.
chobeat@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 306d
ok, scab