YouTube Music employee discusses layoffs

[@leo.girardi]

Contractors on strike, and their contract doesn't get renewed. Who could seen that coming?

[@celesgriner2411]

01:20 yet they go and vote democrats

[@johnabbottphotography]

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.

[@BaneKing57]

The entitlement from this generation is absolutely mind blowing.

[@duanechapman5810]

They are entitled to dumpter dive for food because they have no money now...@@BaneKing57

[@icospawn]

@@BaneKing57 its not all of us... I mean everyone knows how contracting work... except for these guys

[@richardcarellano]

If you are a contractor, you are not an employee. This "story" is confusing at best.

[@J0eBrian]

They’re employees of the contractor. They handle pay, time off and other company policies. Google still runs the work being done.

[@jjc4577]

I thought we would have gotten over this by now. the Microsoft "permatemp" case was adjudicated 24 years ago and the case was settled.

[@richardcarellano]

@@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.

[@duanechapman5810]

They do not work for GOOGLE.. And now they work for no one AND no pay check....@@J0eBrian

[@user-px1wj2uv3r]

​@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-tx5gn]

I don’t think they know how contract work works

[@smooshstar]

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.

[@J0eBrian]

That new contract isn’t a sure thing until pen meets paper.

[@nucleargrizzly1776]

It wasn't covered by their Gender Studies Professor.

[@Liquid_Mike]

I don't think they know how MOST stuff works...

[@eliana993]

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.

[@jljl5449]

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

[@nashtrucker]

man that bell was perfect timing

[@georgehenderson7783]

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.

[@nucleargrizzly1776]

That guy has zero chance of ever finding employment again.

[@johnabbottphotography]

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.girardi]

Or a Girlfriend... LOL

[@sicks6six]

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

[@cordinarcher1054]

You hit the nail on the head. He's a pariah now. That won't stop him whining about unemployment.

[@joesr31]

@@johnabbottphotography yeah and instead of hiding and letting this all die down, he continues to plaster his face in multiple interviews and the news

[@SuperTyrannical1]

"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. 🤔

[@chihchang1139]

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.

[@cadentannery4626]

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?

[@ChrisOdinson132]

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.

[@icospawn]

@@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

[@chihchang1139]

@@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.

[@Jamesn2000]

Interesting. Google isn’t so woke when it comes to its own business🧐

[@UrsulaMajor]

Google has never been "woke", they're literally a corporation. You can't be a woke corporation.

[@AlwaysAwesome001]

​@@UrsulaMajor No such thing as trans. 🤗

[@willyjoerockhead]

The media is only as liberal as the companies that owns it

[@cordinarcher1054]

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.

[@EdwardVGrimm]

If I recall correctly, they were on strike for a year, no? You're contracted, how could you possibly not have seen it coming?

[@cald1421]

They’re contractors not employees. Words increasingly don’t matter to folks of a certain political stripe and in our media

[@smooshstar]

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.

[@vxcbrtgsvrt]

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.

[@smooshstar]

@@vxcbrtgsvrt site your source(s).

[@smooshstar]

​@@vxcbrtgsvrt site your source(s).

[@smooshstar]

​@@vxcbrtgsvrt site your sources.

[@AlwaysAwesome001]

​@@smooshstar I think the goober is referring to the three-judge NLRB panel conclusion.

[@spyderlogan4992]

Meanwhile, there's still no suspects who defaced the Willie Nelson statue. Keep Austin Weird.

[@gomerhanger2285]

They are contract employees 😊

[@johnabbottphotography]

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".

[@god563616]

LOL

[@Roberto-de8xv]

Sounds like you know from personal experience

[@johnabbottphotography]

@@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-de8xv]

@johnabbottphotography Just an oddly specific comment that makes sense you've probably been the bf in the scenario you made up

[@johnabbottphotography]

@@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-sp2ls]

Forming a union while on contract is the stupidest thing to do.

[@dukeblue9999]

Hilarious. ❤

[@fitimio001]

They didn’t get layed off, their contract ended. They timed it.

[@AmarilloHorseSports]

What a bunch of spoiled brats!

[@UrsulaMajor]

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.

[@AlwaysAwesome001]

@@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! 🤗

[@T1kr3b3u]

@@UrsulaMajor Bruh, They work at Google what kind of "unfair" working conditions lol...try flipping burgers, washing dishes etc, etc...

[@deannelson9565]

@@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.

[@ChrisOdinson132]

​@@UrsulaMajorThis. A lot of people need to study history if they think Unions are "new and woke."

[@NoOneCaresIckyThump]

A mutually agreed upon voluntary exchange of labor for payment is not exploitation. Imagine being so privileged and entitled.

[@UrsulaMajor]

Imagine being so ignorant and uninformed.

[@gellideggti]

lol I spat my tea at that one you are Funny. shocker student union tactics did not work in the Working world. @@UrsulaMajor

[@rodneybever9583]

That's leftists for ya.

[@tomlebeau7921]

How did they get laid off if they’re freelancers?

[@mclostinthewoods]

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.

[@RonnFolk]

How did the strike work out for them.

[@ryannguyen916]

They strike their names out of future employment. So worked perfectly lol

[@CGPearson-og7zh]

When things that you believe in don't work out.

[@MarcusMuhgee]

No, it absolutely is the case. Learn to code

[@adamuk5037]

Learning to weld would be a better long term strategy hehe

[@RR-bz1gx]

They are contractors and the contract ended. There is no story here.

[@larmondoflairallen4705]

"We demand to be rehired by the company that treats us so unfairly!!"

[@AnnaSzabo]

😂😂😂

[@deathproof8732]

Contract is not employment

[@charliekowittmusic]

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. 🥾 👅

[@icospawn]

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.

[@charliekowittmusic]

@@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.

[@icospawn]

@@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.

[@charliekowittmusic]

@@icospawn Yep. Google opposes a ruling that wasn’t in their favor. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jljl5449]

When you play the hand you dont hold

[@user-kd3tb6wf9i]

You were brought on as a contractor! Meaning, you can be let go at anytime when there is no need for your services anymore!

[@deonbean6426]

Welcome to the real world of tye working class.

[@mattcarver5252]

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.

[@hongpingmike]

they have the same hairstyle

[@toke182]

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

[@FreedomFinanceFun]

You don't work for Google

[@mrjack8849]

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.

[@icospawn]

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_]

Someone should tell him that's not how it works. It's like going on strike while work through a Temp agency 😂😂😂

[@johnwood462]

😂😂😂😂 welcome to the real world kids! Turn in your rollerskates and put on your big boy shoes.😂

[@austindrake4697]

KZbin needs to lay way more off... I am Rooting for way more lay offs.

[@_Rodders_]

When entitlement meets reality.

[@adamgreen5680]

And reality wins lol

[@danielraymadden]

Google me this....Im Batman...to the Googler...

[@adamjohnston529]

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.

[@chihchang1139]

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.

[@poshima]

Start a rally right when contract negotiations are going on. Pretty smart

[@RayRift]

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.

[@AnnaSzabo]

The employment is at will. If they gave no will to work, employment ends. It’s just logical

[@uaman11]

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 😂

[@thisorthat4195]

I love these idiots. Sublime entertainment.

[@Iburn247]

Theyre contract workers?😂😂😂😂 Hahahahahaha

[@Shedontthinkimfunny]

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.

[@mikaelaton6769]

join the military

[@TravisBon615]

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

[@kindredmalise6633]

Plot twist. They were secretly making PMV.

[@ComediansCantfixcars-cc2bo]

How can you complain that you’re not happy with your job and then when you lose it, be surprised

[@ciscoventura]

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”

[@ChrisOdinson132]

The amount of people saying Unions are a "New and Woke" thing makes me wish America kept investing in education 🫠

[@cgrisetti87]

There is literally NOTHING out of the ordinary here

[@WilliamQuaranta-z5n]

Waaa waaaa

[@randoir1863]

BOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO!

[@harrar8]

Lol BING times up 😂😂

[@reubenhernandez5212]

…learn to code?

[@wildandliving]

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

[@ollkorrect4353]

I was laughing so hard that I fell on the floor.

[@zancospancos]

Joint employers? Shifty use of 'contract workers' when there's a monoply held by Google?

[@mojojojo01.]

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?

[@jeller4313]

Isn’t Texas is a right-to-work state? Aren’t jobs being outsourced to India?

[@wxrthlesssxul.9725]

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

[@trukpor]

Thats Austin for ya

[@NotANameist]

“Workers”

[@RayMiller]

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.

[@buckinkc]

So learn to code isn't even an option now?

[@adamgreen5680]

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

[@norbertonavac]

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.

[@adammartin1507]

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.

[@Waytogodavid]

Imagine if all subcontractors acting like these whiners

[@Rockierambo1]

Young woke employees get a taste of the real world

[@slack359]

So the contracted ended they got severance and there’s still employed

[@videoreborn]

They are contractors there’s no severance package.

[@abdonmorales7361]

No one is Going to guarantee you a job, no one i think this people needs to move on and always read those contracts.

[@Mwoods2272]

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.

[@Mwoods2272]

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.

[@latinsizer]

Contractors trying to force the company to hire them.

[@conor7179]

Going on strike and wondering why your contract wasn't renewed 🤦‍♂️ these snowflakes are slow

[@rodneythomas3501]

"Younsters" .. melvins voice

[@zancospancos]

Lotta bootlicking in the comments

[@god563616]

WOW. This is horrible!

[@ryannguyen916]

This boy has a lot to learn in life…. 😂

[@lfeb]

That is f'd up

[@Ademar-Barz]

Oh no!! They not so special!!

[@Dadfromtexas]

Were they aware that they weren’t employees just contractors? Were they misled?

[@danielraymadden]

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...

[@alexistrebexis3195]

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?

[@Meforutr]

They know that they are contracted they also know society at large just reads the headlines so lie lie lie

[@darksoulsphinx]

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.

[@RayMiller]

Also did you all get the same haircut as part of the contract?

[@darrenmorehouse1817]

We must stick together and support unions!

[@Pizzlewond]

Buddy no one can afford rent or anything… get over it were all fxckd

[@Video_Crow]

boo hoo hoo, looks like Austin just got another 50 future baristas.

[@marcK599.]

This is funny

[@fedge9049]

Entitlement.

[@vincelemaire]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@chasedoman8212]

This is legal and I feel sorry for these guys.

[@AlwaysAwesome001]

Why do you feel sorry? 🤔 They argreed to the terms. 🤗