> pivot to become some evil-ish adtech thing to survive? Yeah, we've all been there. Northvolt is different! We will make a difference, we _are_ making a difference
Sounds great! If the company wants to make a difference in a not evil-ish way, you could start by improving the working conditions of the 2000 workers building your factory.
I don't appreciate the snarky tone, but I guess my somewhat glib original post might have warranted it.
At any rate, I do of course agree that the oversight we had with 3rd party construction workers clearly was not good enough. I think unfortunately those types of violations are fairly endemic in construction in general in Sweden, but that's not really an excuse for a company that bills itself as trying to make a positive change in the world. Gotta walk the talk etc.
I'm not so close to the construction team myself, but from what I know we have been making serious efforts lately to combat this problem by cutting down on subcontractors and working with the Byggnads union:
Sounds great! If the company wants to make a difference in a not evil-ish way, you could start by improving the working conditions of the 2000 workers building your factory.
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