Pxtl@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoAbout half of Bandcamp employees have been laid offwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: purianesimomusic@beehaw.org
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAbout half of Bandcamp employees have been laid offwww.theverge.comPxtl@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square4linkfedilinkcross-posted to: purianesimomusic@beehaw.org
minus-squareAnonTwo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoWasn’t this pretty recent? Did they buy the company just to lay people off??
minus-squareChaotic Entropy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 years agoBuying and “streamlining” is a pretty common practice, yeah. Epic Songtradr bought them for the tech and userbase, not for their employees.
minus-squareArthur@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThe layoffs are related to the sale of Bandcamp to Songtradr. https://variety.com/2023/music/news/bandcamps-layoffs-songtradr-1235758123/
Wasn’t this pretty recent? Did they buy the company just to lay people off??
Buying and “streamlining” is a pretty common practice, yeah.
EpicSongtradr bought them for the tech and userbase, not for their employees.The layoffs are related to the sale of Bandcamp to Songtradr.
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/bandcamps-layoffs-songtradr-1235758123/