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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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[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's not true. When they sign to work with a client, they're given an initial end date. Worked with many of them throughout the years.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I assure you, they are not. Unless it’s a one off project and not an ongoing project like YouTube music would be.

[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And I assure you they are. We had dozens of contractors that were doing ongoing work, not project based. They were all given a contract with terms to sign that outlined the timeline. Sometimes they were extended, other times not.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I’ve worked for Cognizant. What you are describing is not the norm. Cognizant signs the contracts, the employees do not.

[–] dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Further, whenever employees ask about shitty details of their work environment Cognizant says “Oh, Google wants us to do that” but then whenever Google gets any pressure they just say “Oh, that is Cognizant’s choice to do with their contractors”.

The whole system is specifically designed to crush tech workers under a boot and it is honestly kind of pathetic the tactic Google and Cognizant use is the same one parents use when they say “I don’t know, go ask your mother” and then mom tells you “I don’t know, go ask your father”.