There will be times when those principles are in tension, yes, but they’re not contradictory. Bandcamp is created by workers. In most instances, what’s best for the workers as a collective is also what’s best for Bandcamp as a company.
Rank and file employees are neither in a position (vantage point, perspective), nor have the judgment (should a new grad have equal “say” to someone more experienced) to make big strategic decisions.
One “solution” is to make big decisions by committee / vote, but then there’s no accountability or responsibility.
If workers want to control their destiny they should buy the company so they have real skin in the game, not tell shareholders/owners that they know what’s best…
This is complete fantasy. What's objectively best for the company is to get the most value from their labor for the least cost. This is not in the interest of the workers.
Well yes, and in the U.S. that "least cost" is slave labor. It doesn't have to be, though. Do you think the EU/western Europe has lower worker efficiency even though we have a five-day week, four or five weeks vacation time a year, and eight hour work days with relatively generous overtime compensation? And businesses pay more taxes on their workforce, the state spends lots on healthcare, etc etc.
Many countries are even talking about doing four-day weeks or six-hour days.
It is in the interest of the company to have happy, productive workers that stay because they enjoy their life and work. That is best done with generous compensation and whatever allows for a good work/life balance.
> Do you think the EU/western Europe has lower worker efficiency even though we have a five-day week, four or five weeks vacation time a year, and eight hour work days with relatively generous overtime compensation?
That is only good for the company if your notion of company ignores the needs of one faction of people (those who generate value) and prioritises the needs of another group (those who extract value).
If we are going to have malicious and incompetent people in the society, I am of the opinion that they should sink to the bottom, not rise to the top.
You, apparently, believe the opposite.
Of course, you are quite free to continue with that preference.
