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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek surprised at negative impact of laying off 1,500 Spotify employees (fortune.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Ek said Spotify employees were doing too much "work around the work" as he laid off 17% of the group's workforce in December.

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[โ€“] Vorticity 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ah, it's from an earnings call so it is trying to put everything in the best possible light. I wonder how much fan-splattered shit he is glossing over in that statement.

[โ€“] snek 6 points 6 months ago

Exactly

I can heae beyond his buzzwords that what he means is that thibgs are awful and morale is low, and that he hopes it is now over but we all know it isn't.