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EK is Imploding: Not Paying Employees, Partners, & Suppliers | Investigative Report (www.youtube.com)
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[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 69 points 7 months ago (1 children)

EK Water Blocks, for those who don't know and haven't clicked. They make cooling systems for gaming PCs.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/ekwb-reportedly-plagued-with-financial-disarray

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 14 points 7 months ago

Thank you. I really didn’t want to watch a 36 minute video to get the basics.

[–] Nighed@sffa.community 30 points 7 months ago

Sounds like a prelude to bankruptcy. Also sounds like an incredibly badly run company. Difficult business to be in though I guess.

I wonder if their lawyers are getting paid...

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm sorry, if I wasn't paid for more than one pay period, and zero check on period 2...I'm getting a lawyer.

It's an easy win. The employee makes more than missed checks and guaranteed pay day for lawyer.

[–] Imprudent3449@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago

Lawyer not even necessary in some areas, can just contact department of labor and they will go after them.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

You may be underestimating the length of the legal process involved.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sad, EK used to be huge in the watercooling scene.

[–] Wootz@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I remember when EK was just Edvard König selling stuff on XtremeSystems.org

Granted, my interest in overclocking and cooling peaked in the mid noughties, but I had no idea EK had gotten this big.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

Yes, some 20 years ago, even before the first logo or company.

The first logo was always so funny to me (so bad that kinda good):

[–] Grippler@feddit.dk 10 points 7 months ago

EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

Damn, that seems like a ridiculously large product lineup for such a relatively small niche market.

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