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Re:Spotify to trim 6% of workforce, content head to depart by jstx1 on Monday January 23, 2023 @09:26AM (#34489094)
> most employees are spineless and will fall in line.

I don't get this. It's a layoff - what do you think not spineless and not falling in line looks like?

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Re:Spotify to trim 6% of workforce, content head to depart by survirtual on Monday January 23, 2023 @11:15AM (#34490688)
“If you layoff Bob, I quit”

“If you do these layoffs, all of us will strike”

In other words, unified action among the workers that costs the business significantly more funds than the savings from laying people off.

That is one example of having a spine. There are countless others.

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