nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoHow do we stop the next round of games industry mass layoffs?www.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHow do we stop the next round of games industry mass layoffs?www.rockpapershotgun.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareCyberspark@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoEven unions can’t entirely stop mass layoffs. “we won’t work” isn’t much of a threat when you’re being fired.
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYeah but normally, if the union does its job, the employee that aren’t fired don’t work as well. The only way to make a company change is to hurt their bottomline.
minus-squareCyberspark@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYeah, but in the numbers we’re seeing that’s of limited weight in negotiation. I’m not saying unions are bad, just this is one situation they struggle to counter.
Even unions can’t entirely stop mass layoffs. “we won’t work” isn’t much of a threat when you’re being fired.
Yeah but normally, if the union does its job, the employee that aren’t fired don’t work as well.
The only way to make a company change is to hurt their bottomline.
Yeah, but in the numbers we’re seeing that’s of limited weight in negotiation. I’m not saying unions are bad, just this is one situation they struggle to counter.