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I'd like to see the missive and exactly what it says. Most journalists have to work at speed and are sloppy as hell, as we've already seen several times in this

I'd like to see the missive and exactly what it says. Most journalists have to work at speed and are sloppy as hell, as we've already seen several times in this case. I don't doubt that he wants to instill some urgency. Getting a page up with the higher fee and the new requirements will happen faster than whatever the final authentification scheme is.

whateveracct 4y ago
Any level of "deadline or you're fired" is trash-level mgmt that will only end up filtering gordon's awful types.
- Nomentatus 4y ago
  But we know Elon plans to slim staff down a lot; that this is a true change in management. Given that, it's not too surprising to see him draw some lines with ugly consequences on the wrong side of them since he's already said, in effect, that he doesn't need most of these engineers for the product he's planning. Twitter is not a healthy product or work culture from what I can gather; and large changes in personnel, or the demise of companies, are the only ways we know to genuinely change lousy cultures at companies. Just sending a memo doesn't do it. The economy as a whole is harsh; not always as sudden, but often still more harsh. That's because killing companies is the only reliable way we have of changing company culture. It's capitalism's secret sauce.
  - the_cat_kittles 4y ago
    it seems like you are expending a lot of effort looking for reasons he isnt just basically a bad / clueless boss in this case. its much more likely he is just blowing it.
    - Nomentatus 4y ago
      It seems to me you're drawing conclusions from sparse evidence. You are of course welcome to your guess, just not to say it's just plain so.
onionisafruit 4y ago
This author uses passive voice and doesn’t say what their source is. The engineers “were told” that they would be fired if they missed the deadline. Who told them that? Who even were the engineers? How does the author know this?
- LightHugger 4y ago
  The verge is notorious for bad reporting that gets worse surrounding anything charged in the immediate zeitgeist... i don't trust their reporting at all, when it comes to musk's twitter takeover.

whateveracct 4y ago

Any level of "deadline or you're fired" is trash-level mgmt that will only end up filtering gordon's awful types.

Nomentatus 4y ago
But we know Elon plans to slim staff down a lot; that this is a true change in management. Given that, it's not too surprising to see him draw some lines with ugly consequences on the wrong side of them since he's already said, in effect, that he doesn't need most of these engineers for the product he's planning. Twitter is not a healthy product or work culture from what I can gather; and large changes in personnel, or the demise of companies, are the only ways we know to genuinely change lousy cultures at companies. Just sending a memo doesn't do it. The economy as a whole is harsh; not always as sudden, but often still more harsh. That's because killing companies is the only reliable way we have of changing company culture. It's capitalism's secret sauce.
- the_cat_kittles 4y ago
  it seems like you are expending a lot of effort looking for reasons he isnt just basically a bad / clueless boss in this case. its much more likely he is just blowing it.
  - Nomentatus 4y ago
    It seems to me you're drawing conclusions from sparse evidence. You are of course welcome to your guess, just not to say it's just plain so.

onionisafruit 4y ago

This author uses passive voice and doesn’t say what their source is. The engineers “were told” that they would be fired if they missed the deadline. Who told them that? Who even were the engineers? How does the author know this?

LightHugger 4y ago
The verge is notorious for bad reporting that gets worse surrounding anything charged in the immediate zeitgeist... i don't trust their reporting at all, when it comes to musk's twitter takeover.