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YouTube Music team laid off by Google while workers testified to Austin City Council about working conditions (www.businessinsider.com)

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YouTube Music team laid off by Google while workers testified to Austin City Council about working conditions::Some workers learned of the YouTube Music layoffs while testifying to the Austin city council about Google's refusal to negotiate with the union.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They have a contract with their employer, though. The problem here is not contracting, it's this stupid at-will employment that allows this to happen

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

They are W2 employees. They have a contract insofar as any other W2 employer.

Unless you mean the employer and the third party, in this case Google, which I absolutely agree with.

And yeah, the at-will bs gets quite tiresome. People assume they are “safe” because they aren’t contracted, but when you’re contracted you can tie in early term fees and such, and you can still be fired at the drop of a hat.