The cultural sector in Spain suffers from a structural problem: job insecurity. Institutions like Inaem, which should be a model of stability, resort to temporary contracts and express layoffs. It is hypocritical that an organization funded to promote art treats its workers as disposable, contradicting its own mission.
Junk contracts and inefficient management algorithms 🤖
Inaem's management relies on digital systems that prioritize staff rotation over continuity. Its hiring platforms generate automated processes that facilitate layoffs without justification. To correct this, the Ministry of Culture must require stable hiring plans and review internal protocols. Otherwise, lawsuits for violation of labor rights will continue to accumulate.
The art of firing with style 🎭
Inaem proves that one can also be creative in layoffs. While funding works about human dignity, it practices the art of job instability. Perhaps its next project should be titled The Temporary Contract, a Tragicomedy in Three Acts. That way, at least, laid-off workers could get paid as extras in their own play.