We are current and former workers at Grindr. We comprise members of the LGBTQIA+ community and strong allies who worked here because we want to center the queer experience. We’re dedicated to the success of this organization and sincerely believe that success can be achieved by prioritizing the humanity of our users, not just their wallets. As members and allies of communities that are systematically oppressed, we know that strength lies in working together, not alone.
What We Want
To have users and employees be respected as human beings, not expendable line items that can be ignored (in the case of users) or cut (in the case of employees) to reduce cost for the next earnings call.
As a powerhouse in the queer community, we want to ensure that Grindr is not jus another corporate entity, but a place where ALL employees, especially queer employees, have the culture and benefits they deserve to do the best work on behalf of the community. We want to enshrine in a contract:
- A company that delights in queer joy, both ours and our users'
- Commitments from leadership and the Board to actively pursue anti-racism in our hiring and product decisions and to build a company and an app inclusive of everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community
- Excellent health and wellness benefits, including parental leave, 401k matching, unlimited PTO, and gender affirmation funds
- Annual cost of living pay adjustments, pay transparency, fair raises with promotions, and a commitment to closing any racial or gender pay gaps
Why a union?
We need to protect the workers at Grindr to ensure it reflects the diversity of our users and hold management accountable to their responsibilities as leaders. This is how we help prevent surprise rounds of layoffs or “performance-based” terminations. This is how we gain the legal recognition of what we already know is true: the people who make Grindr are as valuable to the company as the people who make millions from Grindr. We’re already all in this together: we just want to DTR. 💍
Why now?
We are at an inflection point. After going public, we experienced surprise organizational restructuring and had a majority of our valued team members pushed out because we decided to unionize. We want to push back against attacks on our community; we feel our leadership has not adequately taken a stand against discrimination, disenfranchisement, or the erosion of the rights of trans individuals. We want a company built for queer people, not one built to extract wealth from queer people. And we want to build it together, united.