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thewayneWhile this seems like a repeat, it isn't. About a year ago, Bandcamp was bought up by Epic Games. About a week ago, Epic sold it to Songtradr, a music licensing company - and not only was 16% of Bandcamp's workforce laid off, but lots of people were locked out of key systems. Songtradr put Bandcamp into 'stasis', making it very hard for the workers to help bands and buyers of music with problems, which means revenues from people buying music will likely drop.
Smart move there. They probably thought they were avoiding insider sabotage, I don't think that was a likely happening as people working there were also doing it as a labor of love of music on top of doing it for the wages.
Regardless, sacking that much of your workforce is decidedly a dick move and could have been handled a lot more gracefully. And here's the best part - some, if not all, of Bandcamp's workers are represented by a union. You can just bet that the firings were in violation of contract.
https://www.wired.com/story/epic-games-sale-bandcamp-music-platform-limbo/
Smart move there. They probably thought they were avoiding insider sabotage, I don't think that was a likely happening as people working there were also doing it as a labor of love of music on top of doing it for the wages.
Regardless, sacking that much of your workforce is decidedly a dick move and could have been handled a lot more gracefully. And here's the best part - some, if not all, of Bandcamp's workers are represented by a union. You can just bet that the firings were in violation of contract.
https://www.wired.com/story/epic-games-sale-bandcamp-music-platform-limbo/
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Date: 2023-10-06 03:38 pm (UTC)And that violating the contract that way was the goal of the deal.