“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?
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
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
This is why unions matter. Aside from negotiating employment agreements, they can lobby government. Enough unions across enough industries will make change.
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.
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.
We do not blame workers for their systemic exploitation on Lemmy, particularly those who have organized or are fighting for organization.
Nothing screams ‘I need attention’ more than consistently trying to troll everything you post on.
So what’s wrong beella?
I have literally 0 sympathy for anyone working in big tech in 2025.
They deserve all the abuse they get, and then some.
ok, scab
