An Open Letter to Kickstarter Creators: Why We, Kickstarter United, Are Fighting for a Four-Day 32-Hour Workweek

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• underline960@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Since April 2022, Kickstarter employees have worked under a four-day, 32-hour workweek… During this time, Kickstarter experienced the most successful period in its 16-year history, hosting some of the biggest, most groundbreaking projects ever launched on the platform.

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  As we entered contract negotiations with management, we asked them to make the four-day, 32-hour workweek permanent—not as a pilot or a promise, but as policy. We also included flexible provisions that would allow management to temporarily return to a five-day work week in the event of true business need, ensuring creators and backers are fully supported throughout the week. They have refused and are determined to retain the ability to make us work 25% more hours for no additional compensation. In other words, they want the option to make us work more for free.

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  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I didn’t know Kickstarter employees had a union.

    I hope they get it. Hell, I’d ask for a 3 day work week now.

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• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Meanwhile in Greece they’re fighting for a 13 hour work day, yay!

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Are they?

    This is the first I’m hearing about it and also it doesn’t sound very likely, I’ve never heard of anyone working longer than 12 hour days and that’s only in very particular industries.

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    • Wrufieotnak@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I mean, you could simply search for

      Greece 13 hour

      And then you get search results like this that proove that yes the Greek government indeed tries to push for 13 hour days.

      I’m honestly a little stumped why you think that this is so strange, there were already multiple articles about it in July.

      And maybe there is misunderstanding between mandatory 13 h days and being allowed to work up to 13h? They push for the second one, but that just means that the companies will force those in bad jobs to work even longer.

      Nobody is working efficiently and effective for 13 hours. That is simply not possible

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• brsrklf@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I see where they’re coming from but seems a bit weird to embark your customers so they back your very specific demand to your employer.

  I mean, sure, unionize, fight to make your job better or at least prevent it from getting shittier. But what kind of weight do people who use Kickstarter have in company policy? The only power they have is just to stop using it, and the employees obviously don’t want that. They even had to mention “pretty please don’t boycott Kickstarter” right here in the end.

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  • chobeat@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    the assumption is that they are not customers. They are producer on a platform, which is very different. This is more similar to office workers striking alongside riders in a food delivery company rather than a consumer boycott.

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