Contractors on strike, and their contract doesn't get renewed. Who could seen that coming?
@celesgriner24117 ай бұрын
01:20 yet they go and vote democrats
@johnabbottphotography7 ай бұрын
I'll never get when people go on strike right when their company is losing money, or when the company that they work for is at a tipping point. During Covid, this was happening a lot; employees were giving their businesses a list of demands, and the businesses (that were losing money) just said "f it", and closed. It wasn't worth it for the employer, who was already fighting to stay alive.
@BaneKing577 ай бұрын
The entitlement from this generation is absolutely mind blowing.
@duanechapman58107 ай бұрын
They are entitled to dumpter dive for food because they have no money now...@@BaneKing57
@icospawn7 ай бұрын
@@BaneKing57 its not all of us... I mean everyone knows how contracting work... except for these guys
@richardcarellano7 ай бұрын
If you are a contractor, you are not an employee. This "story" is confusing at best.
@J0eBrian7 ай бұрын
They’re employees of the contractor. They handle pay, time off and other company policies. Google still runs the work being done.
@jjc45777 ай бұрын
I thought we would have gotten over this by now. the Microsoft "permatemp" case was adjudicated 24 years ago and the case was settled.
@richardcarellano7 ай бұрын
@@jjc4577 The news "story" identified the complainants as employees of Google; this is inaccurate. I agree that these people are employees of another entity. Accordingly, complaints and expectations should be directed toward the employer and not the contractee.
@duanechapman58107 ай бұрын
They do not work for GOOGLE.. And now they work for no one AND no pay check....@@J0eBrian
@user-px1wj2uv3r3 ай бұрын
@richardcarellano I was a contractor for another well-known tech company just a year ago. A HUGE percentage of the workforce are "contractors". They keep it that way on purpose so they don't have to call them employees but they, by any other account, are. I never even met anyone at the company I supposedly worked for. In fact it was a company, owned by another company, owned by a third company. I called it the corporate shell game, because I felt like the little ball under one of the cups the entire time....and it was also clearly a shell company, built for hiding us. The big tech companies HOPE people don't realize it.
@NoName-tx5gn7 ай бұрын
I don’t think they know how contract work works
@smooshstar7 ай бұрын
These "youtube workers" are employees of a company called Cognizant. Cognizant put out a statement "workers were let go after their contract ended at its intended date...the workers will receive seven weeks of paid time to explore other roles within the organization," Google put out a statement "Cognizant is responsible for ending the workers' employment, not Google... Contracts with our suppliers across the company routinely end on their natural expiry date, which was agreed to with Cognizant," Any confusion, blame main stream media. You're welcome.
@J0eBrian7 ай бұрын
That new contract isn’t a sure thing until pen meets paper.
@nucleargrizzly17767 ай бұрын
It wasn't covered by their Gender Studies Professor.
@Liquid_Mike7 ай бұрын
I don't think they know how MOST stuff works...
@eliana9937 ай бұрын
I don’t think that you understand that Google was ruled by a court to be a joint employer of cognizant. They have every right to unionize.
@jljl54497 ай бұрын
Google isn't responsible for anything here. Your company Cognizant is. You're just trying to leverage the fact that Google is your company's client
@nashtrucker7 ай бұрын
man that bell was perfect timing
@georgehenderson77837 ай бұрын
They were complaining about some of them making "only" $19/hour. Well hey they can get $20 fast food jobs in Commifornia but only temporarily as those places will be out of business soon.
@nucleargrizzly17767 ай бұрын
That guy has zero chance of ever finding employment again.
@johnabbottphotography7 ай бұрын
No kidding. Imagine seeing this as an employer? Even if you thought that he wasn't going to be a liability for your workplace, he's absolutely clueless.
@leo.girardi7 ай бұрын
Or a Girlfriend... LOL
@sicks6six7 ай бұрын
You are right, his job is as rare as hen's teeth and anyone who might be hiring knows how he is and he just erased himself, he is the clown who said the laid-off steelworkers should learn to code as that was the future, he should learn to weld according to the steelworkers who nearly all got took back on when the steel plant was bought by the Chinese, you can't make this s**t up, l0l
@cordinarcher10547 ай бұрын
You hit the nail on the head. He's a pariah now. That won't stop him whining about unemployment.
@joesr317 ай бұрын
@@johnabbottphotography yeah and instead of hiding and letting this all die down, he continues to plaster his face in multiple interviews and the news
@SuperTyrannical17 ай бұрын
"They may think that they've gotten rid of us.".. No.. they KNOW they've gotten rid of you. As someone who has worked in the construction industry as a contractor I really can't believe how entitled these people are in thinking they are owed the same rights as an on the books employee. I feel like I must be missing something here. 🤔
@chihchang11397 ай бұрын
This has nothing to do with on contract or not. KZbin and Google laid off tens of thousands of full time employees just recently despite record profits.
@cadentannery46267 ай бұрын
All workers are owed rights from their employers. If you weren't receiving fair pay for your work, wouldn't you do the same thing?
@ChrisOdinson1327 ай бұрын
Yeah, the news will never give the whole story. Despite record profits for Google and record failures in AI moderation (see Elsagate) Google decided to fire a ton of workers because they hate Americans. But that's the short version.
@icospawn7 ай бұрын
@@chihchang1139 they are contractor working for a different company and that company is hired by google. Probably a contracting company they formed ..... because why else not go after your company for higher wages but instead Google? Its because google has more money. This is all so scummy to me
@chihchang11397 ай бұрын
@@icospawn that's literally how any contractor work in any industry. You are a team of coders who take on project based contracts. Contracts can have renewal clause and termination clause exactly the same as employees have termination clause. Blaming the contractors at all for being laid off for asking for a raise is an insane take.
@Jamesn20007 ай бұрын
Interesting. Google isn’t so woke when it comes to its own business🧐
@UrsulaMajor7 ай бұрын
Google has never been "woke", they're literally a corporation. You can't be a woke corporation.
@AlwaysAwesome0017 ай бұрын
@@UrsulaMajor No such thing as trans. 🤗
@willyjoerockhead4 ай бұрын
The media is only as liberal as the companies that owns it
@cordinarcher10547 ай бұрын
This is the problem that arrises when you have no adults working in the company. They are all kids. They want to goof off all day, "work" from home, and they demand 50 dollars an hour. When you don't meet the demands of these petulant children, they decide to go on strike. They then act surprised when you show them the door. It's pathetic really. These poor children are in for a harsh awakening in the real world. Their government is eagerly waiting to take advantage of them by offering them free stuff in exchange for their freedom. They were never equipped to make their way in this country.
@EdwardVGrimm4 ай бұрын
If I recall correctly, they were on strike for a year, no? You're contracted, how could you possibly not have seen it coming?
@cald14217 ай бұрын
They’re contractors not employees. Words increasingly don’t matter to folks of a certain political stripe and in our media
@smooshstar7 ай бұрын
These "youtube workers" are employees of a company called Cognizant. Cognizant put out a statement "workers were let go after their contract ended at its intended date...the workers will receive seven weeks of paid time to explore other roles within the organization," Google put out a statement "Cognizant is responsible for ending the workers' employment, not Google... Contracts with our suppliers across the company routinely end on their natural expiry date, which was agreed to with Cognizant," Any confusion, blame main stream media. You're welcome.
@vxcbrtgsvrt7 ай бұрын
The courts decided that Google has such tight controls over the workers that Google counts as the employer to these people. Granting the workers rights and Google obligations wrt organized labour activity.
@smooshstar7 ай бұрын
@@vxcbrtgsvrt site your source(s).
@smooshstar7 ай бұрын
@@vxcbrtgsvrt site your source(s).
@smooshstar7 ай бұрын
@@vxcbrtgsvrt site your sources.
@AlwaysAwesome0017 ай бұрын
@@smooshstar I think the goober is referring to the three-judge NLRB panel conclusion.
@spyderlogan49927 ай бұрын
Meanwhile, there's still no suspects who defaced the Willie Nelson statue. Keep Austin Weird.
@gomerhanger22857 ай бұрын
They are contract employees 😊
@johnabbottphotography7 ай бұрын
I'll bet that guy still shows up at his old girlfriend's house, telling her that she might think that she's "gotten rid of him", but "the fight for our love is just beginning".
@god5636167 ай бұрын
LOL
@Roberto-de8xv7 ай бұрын
Sounds like you know from personal experience
@johnabbottphotography7 ай бұрын
@@Roberto-de8xv No... I'm not his girlfriend, and I've never dated him. That's why I started with the words "I'll bet..."
@Roberto-de8xv7 ай бұрын
@johnabbottphotography Just an oddly specific comment that makes sense you've probably been the bf in the scenario you made up
@johnabbottphotography7 ай бұрын
@@Roberto-de8xv So whenever someone says "I'll bet that person..." you project whoever said the phrase into the situation? That's a 'you' problem. Or maybe you're still showing up at your ex girlfriend's house and you're a bit defensive about it.
@TarunKumar-sp2ls7 ай бұрын
Forming a union while on contract is the stupidest thing to do.
@dukeblue99997 ай бұрын
Hilarious. ❤
@fitimio0017 ай бұрын
They didn’t get layed off, their contract ended. They timed it.
@AmarilloHorseSports7 ай бұрын
What a bunch of spoiled brats!
@UrsulaMajor7 ай бұрын
You are perfectly welcome to give up 40 hour workweeks, paid holidays, paid time off, weekends, and your retirement if you hate unions so much.
@AlwaysAwesome0017 ай бұрын
@@UrsulaMajor I and team worked 120+ / wk for 10 years. Sold my company. Made a lot of people rich. Enjoy your 40 hour work week! 🤗
@T1kr3b3u7 ай бұрын
@@UrsulaMajor Bruh, They work at Google what kind of "unfair" working conditions lol...try flipping burgers, washing dishes etc, etc...
@deannelson95657 ай бұрын
@@UrsulaMajor trying to go on strike when you're not an employee but in fact a contractor is nothing but pure stupidity if you can't figure that out you must be the same.
@ChrisOdinson1327 ай бұрын
@@UrsulaMajorThis. A lot of people need to study history if they think Unions are "new and woke."
@NoOneCaresIckyThump7 ай бұрын
A mutually agreed upon voluntary exchange of labor for payment is not exploitation. Imagine being so privileged and entitled.
@UrsulaMajor7 ай бұрын
Imagine being so ignorant and uninformed.
@gellideggti7 ай бұрын
lol I spat my tea at that one you are Funny. shocker student union tactics did not work in the Working world. @@UrsulaMajor
@rodneybever95837 ай бұрын
That's leftists for ya.
@tomlebeau79217 ай бұрын
How did they get laid off if they’re freelancers?
@mclostinthewoods7 ай бұрын
This is a younger generation of workers learning a lesson us older people have known for years. Contract work is not stable. It may pay well, but ypur only real expectation should be the original term length. If you are working in contract roles, you need to always be looking for your next gig. Unionizing in that role is actually ridiculous. I understand why they think it gives them some kind of control, but it doesn't. And Texas is a right to work state, so unions have less influence here. Google is done with these kids, whether the kids accept it or not. They went on strike and Google didnt renew the contract. In effect, these workers abandoned their jobs during their contract term, which is a breach of contract. They can saddle as much if the blame in this as they want to lay on Google. They need to move on and find new gigs.
@RonnFolk7 ай бұрын
How did the strike work out for them.
@ryannguyen9162 ай бұрын
They strike their names out of future employment. So worked perfectly lol
@CGPearson-og7zh7 ай бұрын
When things that you believe in don't work out.
@MarcusMuhgee7 ай бұрын
No, it absolutely is the case. Learn to code
@adamuk50377 ай бұрын
Learning to weld would be a better long term strategy hehe
@RR-bz1gx7 ай бұрын
They are contractors and the contract ended. There is no story here.
@larmondoflairallen47057 ай бұрын
"We demand to be rehired by the company that treats us so unfairly!!"
@AnnaSzabo3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@deathproof87327 ай бұрын
Contract is not employment
@charliekowittmusic7 ай бұрын
Incorrect. They are *employees* of a contracting COMPANY. And the NLRB said Google broke the law doing this exact thing. You’re just parroting Google’s exact argument for them. 🥾 👅
@icospawn7 ай бұрын
i get what your saying. In my work place even under supervision they do not have to listen to a word I say as a normal employee. They also know the chance that when their contract runs out there is a possible chance that someone else might win the contracting bid. They also know that the could continue with employment there if the other company takes them on. Lastly they have no ties with the supported company IE Google. They work for a contracting company and need to protest against them... they are not employed by google their company is.
@charliekowittmusic7 ай бұрын
@@icospawn The NLRB has ruled otherwise, if the legal reality is what you’re talking about. The reason is because contracting companies make up such a big and consistent part of Google’s workforce. Therefore, the ruling has been that Google is (somewhat) responsible for working conditions; and must negotiate with employees of the contracting companies.
@icospawn7 ай бұрын
@@charliekowittmusic Google said it believes the NLRB’s decision to classify it as a joint employer with Accenture is incorrect, and it has appealed to reverse the decision. “We have no objection to these Accenture workers electing to form a union,” said Google spokesperson Courtenay Mencini in a statement to CNBC. “We’ve long had many contracts with unionized suppliers. However, as we made clear in our active appeal to the NLRB, we are not a joint employer as we simply do not control their employment terms or working conditions - this matter is between the workers and their employer, Accenture.” They took it to court and the contract happened to end and they choose not to renew...... the appeal will prevent, or stay, further action on the judgment until the appeal is over by guaranteeing that the appealing party will pay or perform the judgment if it is not reversed on appeal.
@charliekowittmusic7 ай бұрын
@@icospawn Yep. Google opposes a ruling that wasn’t in their favor. 🤷🏻♂️
@jljl54497 ай бұрын
When you play the hand you dont hold
@user-kd3tb6wf9i7 ай бұрын
You were brought on as a contractor! Meaning, you can be let go at anytime when there is no need for your services anymore!
@deonbean64267 ай бұрын
Welcome to the real world of tye working class.
@mattcarver52527 ай бұрын
This is just a real time show of how worthless a college education has become. They know nothing about contracts or how working for someone is.
@hongpingmike7 ай бұрын
they have the same hairstyle
@toke1827 ай бұрын
they are not even google employees and they want to cling like a tick to the job, like youtube is in the obligation to keep them hired or something
@FreedomFinanceFun7 ай бұрын
You don't work for Google
@mrjack88497 ай бұрын
You are a contractor, and clearly not carrying out your contract when going to going to complain to a city council instead of working. These people are idiots. And perhaps its irony that I am commenting on this via a KZbin video.
@icospawn7 ай бұрын
wait they were contractor not permanent employee? uhhhh what? contractor don't usually work for the supported company they work under a contract company or employer. Unless I heard this right its kinda pointless. I mean that was not smart... I seen contractor let go with in month. They know the risk of contracting work... but contractor pay is usually more then permanent employee. The video that went viral Left the contracting part out... no wonder if blew up... This will go nowhere they need to look for a new job
@D.Magic_7 ай бұрын
Someone should tell him that's not how it works. It's like going on strike while work through a Temp agency 😂😂😂
@johnwood4627 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂 welcome to the real world kids! Turn in your rollerskates and put on your big boy shoes.😂
@austindrake46977 ай бұрын
KZbin needs to lay way more off... I am Rooting for way more lay offs.
@_Rodders_7 ай бұрын
When entitlement meets reality.
@adamgreen56807 ай бұрын
And reality wins lol
@danielraymadden7 ай бұрын
Google me this....Im Batman...to the Googler...
@adamjohnston5297 ай бұрын
Be a tradesperson, robots will take a few more years until they can fix things for rich people. Also, I hope the ai these companies use fires the ceos.
@chihchang11397 ай бұрын
i blame the dei empire building culture that FAANG companies have become due to hiring and promotion of a single minority group who generally do not care about their employees and have literal outings where they tell each of their management chain that they are on the same team and the employees are making "commitments" to them about delivery. I'm not even joking that one of those managers bragged about this event to me during a happy hour once. We were all wondering why some of the managers had to work remotely for a week.
@poshima7 ай бұрын
Start a rally right when contract negotiations are going on. Pretty smart
@RayRift7 ай бұрын
Is this a Saturday night live skit? This dude is so obnoxiously brainwashed by the most annoying style of "activism" I can imagine. WAKE UP BRO. It was your first job man. Let it go. Go do something real.
@AnnaSzabo3 ай бұрын
The employment is at will. If they gave no will to work, employment ends. It’s just logical
@uaman117 ай бұрын
they arent doing anything anyway. the YT music desktop app is trash i go to press spacebar to pause the song and another song starts playing tf is up with that. or i go to drag the queue around and it dont work. they aint programing nothing 😂
@thisorthat41957 ай бұрын
I love these idiots. Sublime entertainment.
@Iburn2477 ай бұрын
Theyre contract workers?😂😂😂😂 Hahahahahaha
@Shedontthinkimfunny4 ай бұрын
When I worked in the tech sector we were always threatened that our jobs would go to India. And they did. Now these tech jobs are threatening to go AI. And they are. Stay lazy America.
@mikaelaton67697 ай бұрын
join the military
@TravisBon6157 ай бұрын
Bro see yall are just entitled cry babies . If they contract you for a period that’s what it is. Just because YOU don’t wanna leave that’s not their problem but why stay somewhere that treats you Oh So bad . Maybe because it was such a cushy job and yall are trying to exploit it
@kindredmalise66337 ай бұрын
Plot twist. They were secretly making PMV.
@ComediansCantfixcars-cc2bo7 ай бұрын
How can you complain that you’re not happy with your job and then when you lose it, be surprised
@ciscoventura7 ай бұрын
Unions get such a bad rap by news organizations because they can’t stand the idea of employees asking for raises or employees having any leverage It’s heel to the neck or go find another “union”
@ChrisOdinson1327 ай бұрын
The amount of people saying Unions are a "New and Woke" thing makes me wish America kept investing in education 🫠
@cgrisetti877 ай бұрын
There is literally NOTHING out of the ordinary here
@WilliamQuaranta-z5n7 ай бұрын
Waaa waaaa
@randoir18637 ай бұрын
BOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO!
@harrar87 ай бұрын
Lol BING times up 😂😂
@reubenhernandez52127 ай бұрын
…learn to code?
@wildandliving7 ай бұрын
They use contracts to violate workers rights and then can't take legal recourse agianst them there needs to be better laws agianst contract worker as it harms all employees
@ollkorrect43533 ай бұрын
I was laughing so hard that I fell on the floor.
@zancospancos4 ай бұрын
Joint employers? Shifty use of 'contract workers' when there's a monoply held by Google?
@mojojojo01.7 ай бұрын
if youtube music exploits workers, then they should be happy not to work for them anymore. why are they still clinging onto youtube as if they still work there?
@jeller43137 ай бұрын
Isn’t Texas is a right-to-work state? Aren’t jobs being outsourced to India?
@wxrthlesssxul.97257 ай бұрын
Contract workers need to understand the difference they are contract workers not google employees so they are far beyond wrong with what the media shows
@trukpor7 ай бұрын
Thats Austin for ya
@NotANameist7 ай бұрын
“Workers”
@RayMiller7 ай бұрын
Learn what contract work is guys. You are not employees and you agreed to the contract. The girl looks like she is wearing pajamas. Unbelievable. By the way you guys are absolutely abusing the use of unions. You guys don’t seem to understand how the world works.
@buckinkc7 ай бұрын
So learn to code isn't even an option now?
@adamgreen56807 ай бұрын
All because they didn't want to come into the office and wanted to work from home, wasn't it? Well now they can remain at home as long as they wish
@norbertonavac7 ай бұрын
Imagine being so ignorant and entitled that you can’t understand the difference between a contract expiring and getting laid off. I’m pretty sure Google was so eager to renew their contract with this company after seeing all these workers being on a strike for a while. I bet this guy brags about working at Google in front of his family and friends when he’s just a contractor. This guy even has “KZbin Music” as his employer on LinkedIn. No, bro, you’re a contractor and you need to learn the basics on how contracts work.
@adammartin15074 ай бұрын
What do they think their marching will accomplish? Their leverage is slim at best, Google is under no obligation to renew their contracts, and will probably think twice before sourcing work from cognizant again. Alphabet is not a charity.
@Waytogodavid7 ай бұрын
Imagine if all subcontractors acting like these whiners
@Rockierambo17 ай бұрын
Young woke employees get a taste of the real world
@slack3597 ай бұрын
So the contracted ended they got severance and there’s still employed
@videoreborn7 ай бұрын
They are contractors there’s no severance package.
@abdonmorales73617 ай бұрын
No one is Going to guarantee you a job, no one i think this people needs to move on and always read those contracts.
@Mwoods22727 ай бұрын
This guy won't ever get a job in the tech industry again. After crying on TV about his job, no company will hire him.
@Mwoods22727 ай бұрын
Now they don't have to worry about striking for better working conditions because they don't have a job to worry about. Well. if they were on strike, they weren't working at their jobs anyway.
@latinsizer7 ай бұрын
Contractors trying to force the company to hire them.
@conor71797 ай бұрын
Going on strike and wondering why your contract wasn't renewed 🤦♂️ these snowflakes are slow
@rodneythomas35017 ай бұрын
"Younsters" .. melvins voice
@zancospancos4 ай бұрын
Lotta bootlicking in the comments
@god5636167 ай бұрын
WOW. This is horrible!
@ryannguyen9162 ай бұрын
This boy has a lot to learn in life…. 😂
@lfeb7 ай бұрын
That is f'd up
@Ademar-Barz7 ай бұрын
Oh no!! They not so special!!
@Dadfromtexas7 ай бұрын
Were they aware that they weren’t employees just contractors? Were they misled?
@danielraymadden7 ай бұрын
Austin employees go do house cleaning for rich prople behave be respectful dont invade their privacy and maybe they will let you clean their house...
@alexistrebexis31954 ай бұрын
This is why ya don’t unionize when you don’t rate. These aren’t real jobs the world needs. So yea, sorry, but I’m not too concerned. If ur mad about no money now, get a real job that keeps the real world going. Not….KZbin music. So gimme a break. Let’s stop acting like these kids are hero’s of the people. They’re tech workers for a non essential part of KZbin. And KZbin itself is nonessential, so what do you really think you deserve here?
@Meforutr7 ай бұрын
They know that they are contracted they also know society at large just reads the headlines so lie lie lie
@darksoulsphinx7 ай бұрын
Listen I don’t understand anything when it comes to rent and everything else there. But here in Florida you can get by with 2 people living together at minimum wage which I believe is now $13 at McDonald’s. I’m wondering what was their amount. Besides that wasn’t there a strike while assumed under contract? Regardless that’s a no no.
@RayMiller7 ай бұрын
Also did you all get the same haircut as part of the contract?
@darrenmorehouse18177 ай бұрын
We must stick together and support unions!
@Pizzlewond7 ай бұрын
Buddy no one can afford rent or anything… get over it were all fxckd
@Video_Crow7 ай бұрын
boo hoo hoo, looks like Austin just got another 50 future baristas.
@marcK599.4 ай бұрын
This is funny
@fedge90497 ай бұрын
Entitlement.
@vincelemaire7 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@chasedoman82127 ай бұрын
This is legal and I feel sorry for these guys.
@AlwaysAwesome0017 ай бұрын
Why do you feel sorry? 🤔 They argreed to the terms. 🤗