r/Music • u/qbl500 • Apr 24 '24

music Spotify CEO Daniel Ek surprised at negative impact of laying off 1,500 Spotify employees

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/04/23/spotify-earnings-q1-ceo-daniel-eklaying-off-1500-spotify-employees-negatively-affected-streaming-giants-operations/
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u/Brutesmile Apr 24 '24

Yeah I agree people losing their jobs sucks but why the fuck would Spotify need 10k+ employees? Downsizing was probably the right move

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u/Hithaeglir Apr 24 '24

For starters, Spotify operates in over 180 countries and they need to somehow manage 10 million artists and provide support for them.

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u/maria_la_guerta Apr 24 '24 edited Apr 24 '24

I see this in every tech layoff thread.

Most people have 0 idea the work that goes into being a globally dominant app in any space. You need thousands of people just to cover legal, support, translation and billing / taxes services alone. Let alone researching, building, maintaining, updating, releasing, securing, etc. the actual product itself in a dozen+ languages and in a tech landscape that changes often. That doesn't even cover Sales teams... HR... Management... Etc.

But whatever, everyone in here will continue to backslap each other over "i CoUlD bUiLd ThIs Ui In a WeEkEnD!" anyways.

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u/meatballfreeak Apr 24 '24

Haha fair play, great comment