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Pxtl@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off

www.theverge.com

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About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off

www.theverge.com

Pxtl@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Songtradr extended offers to half of Bandcamp workers.
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  • PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    Fuck Epic games. And TBH, fuck the assholes at Bandcamp who accepted the offer.

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    Wasn’t this pretty recent? Did they buy the company just to lay people off??

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      Buying and “streamlining” is a pretty common practice, yeah. Epic Songtradr bought them for the tech and userbase, not for their employees.

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        The layoffs are related to the sale of Bandcamp to Songtradr.

        https://variety.com/2023/music/news/bandcamps-layoffs-songtradr-1235758123/

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