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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.
CEO does not understand who is doing work
surely not the workers
all they do is sit in front of their desks for hours
There’s two parts to being successful at a job: successfully accomplishing the work that fits into your role, and successfully messaging to your bosses that you’re doing a good job.
So when executives lay people off, it tends to catch people who are bad at that second task (the messaging/perception side), which may or may not include people who are good at the first task (actually doing good shit for the company).
That’s why mass layoffs are damaging, and should be avoided if possible.
Once Spotify changed their entire UI to focus on engagement instead of a good UX, I switched to another service. I wish the best for those employees that were laid off, and the worst for a CEO driven by profit above all else
May I ask what service you switched to? I’m tired of my music app being cluttered with podcasts and audio books. I use other services for this things and don’t need them in Spotify.
I switched to tidal. Recently had a huge price drop to compete with Spotify and Apple Music. It’s not perfect, but it has lossless audio, and works well for my needs
I started using Tidal when I learned they where the ones who pay the artists the most. I don’t know if it’s still true today tho.
Yeah that was part of my motivation as well. I’m unsure how that will change now with their significant price drop, I was happy paying the previous prices, as it was like the cost of buying 3 $10 CDs a month, and I listened to considerably more music than that
Does tidal have the feature Spotify does where you can transfer what’s playing from one device to another? I use that somewhat frequently.
Yeah you can do the same thing as Spotify and change the output on the fly within the app
Thanks!
I use Deezer. It also has podcasts but they don’t shove it up your face, in fact I just checked and I don’t even see them on the app’s home screen. I have to specifically search for them.
I use Deezer too. The only thing I miss is being able to bookmark my favorite radio stations. It’s so weird that we don’t have that yet!
Qbittorrent LMAO. Also some Russian music hosting sites that appear as quickly as they get taken down.
Newpipe for when I don’t need 320kbps, such as podcasts.
So he’s about to rehire all those people he laid off, right? Surely he’s not just saying this, but still expecting everyone who’s left to cover all the work he’s surprised by. Surely he knew these details before he fucked over a bunch of workers, right?
Pizza Party Fridays (5 pm - midnight, hackathon and 1/2 off pizza (plus tax))
Attendance mandatory!
Absolutely not and he’s learned nothing
“It took us some time to find our footing, but more than four months into this transition, I think we’re back on track and I expect to continue improving on our execution throughout the year getting us to an even better place than we’ve ever been.”
Paywalled hard
LOL they want 30 a month too
I mean it’s called fortune not broke ass \s
I want to subscribe to broke ass magazine
costs only an email address and a promise to sign up for a 37% APY credit card.
You’re thinking of Cracked
You can’t afford it
Fair.
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My hero
The full quote if you don’t want to read the article.
Another significant challenge was the impact of December workforce reduction. Although there’s no question that it was the right strategic decision, it did disrupt our day-to-day operations more than we anticipated. It took us some time to find our footing, but more than four months into this transition, I think we’re back on track and I expect to continue improving on our execution throughout the year getting us to an even better place than we’ve ever been.
And the full transcript of the earnings call if you want to read the whole thing.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4685308-spotify-technology-s-spot-q1-2024-earnings-call-transcript
Ah, it’s from an earnings call so it is trying to put everything in the best possible light. I wonder how much fan-splattered shit he is glossing over in that statement.
Exactly
I can heae beyond his buzzwords that what he means is that thibgs are awful and morale is low, and that he hopes it is now over but we all know it isn’t.
It took us some time to find our footing, but more than four months into this transition, I think we’re back on track
Did they save more money by firing those employees than they lost in the murky transition? It certainly doesn’t seem like it.
The full quote if you don’t want to read the article.
Or can’t afford to.
I ain’t giving some random news website more money than I pay monthly for my Internet connection just to read some article about Spotify, they can go screw xD
Well, at least they gave them 5 months severance pay.
Didn’t expect that
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.
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.)
And let’s not get started on ‘Employer Unions’ like ALMEGA (which in my head is synonymous with Satan)
Hows that going for Tesla? Havent heard anything about that since the license plates
As of a few weeks ago, the strike is still going, with everyone from cleaners to electricians refusing to work for Tesla.
They should make sure to get the sanitation workers on board.
I don’t know if I could live with myself knowing how many lives I ruined, maybe that’s why the shit floats to the top. Sane people are not as accomplished because they “don’t make the tough decisions”.