b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 any tech company who doesn't allow wfh will fail so.....lmao 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 20 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: any tech company who doesn't allow wfh will fail so.....lmao I don’t know. I think it’s a pretty easy way to reduce the labor force and grind more productivity out of the remnants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 37 minutes ago, sblfilms said: I don’t know. I think it’s a pretty easy way to reduce the labor force and grind more productivity out of the remnants. In the short term yeah maybe. But then your best engineers, or hell even just experienced engineers (who don’t even have to be great), even in a relatively down tech market, are in very high demand and can easily go elsewhere where at minimum hybrid (which Elon seems to be opposed to, too) is an option. And if your tech is your product and how you make money, losing these employees due to a top down edict sure seems like a good way to have your product go to pot. Twitter is probably bloated (many tech companies are, and many private companies have some level of bloat) but 75% bloated? I dunno about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Also announcing ahead of time that 3/4 of the people who work there won't be working there in a few months is a good way to send people packing who may not be the people you want to go. The talented ones will easily depart for a better company (Musk doesn't have the greatest reputation as a boss) and when he realizes that it wasn't 75% overstaffed and they have to hire again it'll take a while to bring them up to speed with their systems and processes, especially with former tenured employees working somewhere else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 14 minutes ago, finaljedi said: Also announcing ahead of time that 3/4 of the people who work there won't be working there in a few months is a good way to send people packing who may not be the people you want to go. The talented ones will easily depart for a better company (Musk doesn't have the greatest reputation as a boss) and when he realizes that it wasn't 75% overstaffed and they have to hire again it'll take a while to bring them up to speed with their systems and processes, especially with former tenured employees working somewhere else. THIS! Making a blanket announcement like this is just begging to lose your top talent. They are the ones that will have the easiest time finding new jobs as they're the ones in highest demand. They'll be the first out the door if you're already promising to quadruple their workload while forcing them back into the office. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 relatedly, what ever happened to the people who resisted the Tesla RTO? I know they said "if you don't come back we consider that your resignation" but did that actually happen or were they actually considered fired? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 I have tweeted that the D1P Twitter account will be deactivated in one week. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I have tweeted that the D1P Twitter account will be deactivated in one week. Also did the same for my personal account. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: relatedly, what ever happened to the people who resisted the Tesla RTO? I know they said "if you don't come back we consider that your resignation" but did that actually happen or were they actually considered fired? Most of those that were fired were people Tesla hired far from one of their offices. That is, everyone is remote, so let's hire remote people. Then Musk ordered those remote people relocate to a city with office. As far as I can, everyone that refused to relocate was fired. Also, it doesn't seem like anything changed as far as attendance goes, mostly because several of their offices are mostly hotel spaces and there hadn't been enough room to sit everyone since Tesla's stock boomed and they started hiring like mad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 My wife and I have cancelled our accounts. Can't be supporting this kind of trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 I'm gonna create 10 accounts now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 minute ago, SuperSpreader said: I'm gonna create 10 accounts now SuperSpreader hmmmmm... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 When does Musk take control? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: When does Musk take control? He has to close the deal by 5pm on Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 He’s not good at finishing so hopefully this deal fails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: He’s not good at finishing so hopefully this deal fails. I dunno, I think he's worse at pulling out tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, Spork3245 said: I dunno, I think he's worse at pulling out tbh None of those women would call that a good finish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 26 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: None of those women would call that a good finish doesn’t matter had sex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 59 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: SuperSpreader hmmmmm... My name is more about my sex life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 I've probably written this a few times now, possibly even in this thread, but I find the pending demise of Twitter to be sad. Like it or not, Twitter has earned a unique place in public discourse. Even though they don't make much money and distantly trail the top social networks for users, it's Twitter that many celebrities, businesses, and even governments use as their first method of public communication. It think it's genuinely useful as a broadcast platform, it's just terrible as a place to have conversations. I use Twitter purely to follow the cultural conversation around certain topics and get direct news for things like movies, games, and local politics. It just seems like Twitter always felt like it needed to grow up and become Facebook. They've constantly been adding features to make it more of a social network instead of embracing it as the best broadcast platform around. Maybe Elon buying and shrinking the company will make them re-evaluate their priorities and focus on their core competency, but I'm not terribly optimistic about that. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 3 hours ago, TwinIon said: It just seems like Twitter always felt like it needed to grow up and become Facebook. They've constantly been adding features to make it more of a social network instead of embracing it as the best broadcast platform around. Which is funny because when Twitter was gaining popularity Facebook changed to become more like a Twitter clone, which of course is not a good fit for Facebook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 @TwinIon I wouldn't be sad. In the world of tech there will always be something that comes along to replace it or move us along to the next paradigm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 13 hours ago, TwinIon said: I've probably written this a few times now, possibly even in this thread, but I find the pending demise of Twitter to be sad. Like it or not, Twitter has earned a unique place in public discourse. Even though they don't make much money and distantly trail the top social networks for users, it's Twitter that many celebrities, businesses, and even governments use as their first method of public communication. It think it's genuinely useful as a broadcast platform, it's just terrible as a place to have conversations. I use Twitter purely to follow the cultural conversation around certain topics and get direct news for things like movies, games, and local politics. It just seems like Twitter always felt like it needed to grow up and become Facebook. They've constantly been adding features to make it more of a social network instead of embracing it as the best broadcast platform around. Maybe Elon buying and shrinking the company will make them re-evaluate their priorities and focus on their core competency, but I'm not terribly optimistic about that. There will be no demise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 19 hours ago, TwinIon said: I've probably written this a few times now, possibly even in this thread, but I find the pending demise of Twitter to be sad. Like it or not, Twitter has earned a unique place in public discourse. Even though they don't make much money and distantly trail the top social networks for users, it's Twitter that many celebrities, businesses, and even governments use as their first method of public communication. It think it's genuinely useful as a broadcast platform, it's just terrible as a place to have conversations. I use Twitter purely to follow the cultural conversation around certain topics and get direct news for things like movies, games, and local politics. It just seems like Twitter always felt like it needed to grow up and become Facebook. They've constantly been adding features to make it more of a social network instead of embracing it as the best broadcast platform around. Maybe Elon buying and shrinking the company will make them re-evaluate their priorities and focus on their core competency, but I'm not terribly optimistic about that. Musk isn't a focus on the core competencies kind of guy. It's why Tesla is always announcing vaporware and he keeps kicking off dumb new projects like vacuum tube pod transports, road tunnels, and brain chips. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Musk said he uploaded his brain the cloud, nothing he says should be taken seriously. The fact that the market does says a lot about economics and finance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 All of these Free Speech chuds are championing Musk buying Twitter, and he wants to copy China Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Top Twitter executives fired as Elon Musk takeover begins https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/27/twitter-elon-musk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 I hope elon brings you know who back before the midterms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kal-El814 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 minute ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I hope elon brings you know who back before the midterms Honestly surprised it hasn't happened yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 4 hours ago, cusideabelincoln said: All of these Free Speech chuds are championing Musk buying Twitter, and he wants to copy China To be fair to wechat, it really is everything all rolled into one. Yet twitter is not even remotely close to being a wechat nor would it make sense to do so (you'd be better off starting from scratch). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 I do wonder if Trump will refuse to come back because it would seem like him admitting his own dumb ass social media platform isn’t as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 14 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I hope elon brings you know who back before the midterms You know who? Why not, you know WHAT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 23 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: You know who? Why not, you know WHAT? The you know what never incited an insurrection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 33 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: You know who? Why not, you know WHAT? A nice frothy santorum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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