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No, just a jackass. Edit: Yes, firing 3000 people with lives and families because you paid an obscene amount of money for a company that you didn’t actually wa

No, just a jackass. Edit: Yes, firing 3000 people with lives and families because you paid an obscene amount of money for a company that you didn’t actually want makes you a jackass.

Alupis 4y ago
> Yes, firing 3000 people with lives and families Maybe we need to be more mature. Twitter was very clearly bloated. Laying off the bloat is pretty much status quo for major acquisitions. There is nothing unusual here. Are any of the other major tech companies laying off huge percentages of their workforce also "jackasses"???
- woodruffw 4y ago
  It’s not “very clear” to this outsider that Twitter was bloated, not that the firings adhere to any particular “debloating” rationale. Edit: The approach Musk has taken to layoffs also does not evoke maturity.
  - Alupis 4y ago
    - woodruffw 4y ago
      This is a silly response: I’m a private individual with opinions, not a financial stakeholder. To be as clear as possible: firing over 3000 people with no forward notice and reduced severance is immature. That should be manifest.
      - Alupis 4y ago
        > That should be manifest. Except you're demanding something that was never owed to anyone. > I’m a private individual with options Good, so why are we caring about who works for Musk or not? This is silly indeed.
    - glogla 4y ago
      - dang 4y ago
        Please don't cross into personal attack. That just makes everything worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
akomtu 4y ago
It was the Twitter's board that forced Musk to buy it.
- woodruffw 4y ago
  This is completely backwards. Did Twitter’s board make him make an offer? I don’t go around making multi-billion dollar offers for things I don’t actually want.
- HWR_14 4y ago
  Twitter's board would have been sued to hell and back if they hadn't made him live up to his contract. They would have been left personally penniless. Meanwhile, Musk initiated every stage of the acquisition and dictated the terms.
  - akomtu 4y ago
    Then it is that omnipotent Mr. Shareholder that could sue the board is the villain here: he knew what Musk was going to do, he knew that Musk wanted to back out, yet he chose to press the board.
    - deleted 4y ago
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No, just a jackass. Edit: Yes, firing 3000 people with lives and families because you paid an obscene amount of money for a company that you didn’t actually want makes you a jackass.

Alupis 4y ago

> Yes, firing 3000 people with lives and families Maybe we need to be more mature. Twitter was very clearly bloated. Laying off the bloat is pretty much status quo for major acquisitions. There is nothing unusual here. Are any of the other major tech companies laying off huge percentages of their workforce also "jackasses"???

woodruffw 4y ago
It’s not “very clear” to this outsider that Twitter was bloated, not that the firings adhere to any particular “debloating” rationale. Edit: The approach Musk has taken to layoffs also does not evoke maturity.
- Alupis 4y ago
  - woodruffw 4y ago
    This is a silly response: I’m a private individual with opinions, not a financial stakeholder. To be as clear as possible: firing over 3000 people with no forward notice and reduced severance is immature. That should be manifest.
    - Alupis 4y ago
      > That should be manifest. Except you're demanding something that was never owed to anyone. > I’m a private individual with options Good, so why are we caring about who works for Musk or not? This is silly indeed.
  - glogla 4y ago
    - dang 4y ago
      Please don't cross into personal attack. That just makes everything worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

akomtu 4y ago

It was the Twitter's board that forced Musk to buy it.

woodruffw 4y ago
This is completely backwards. Did Twitter’s board make him make an offer? I don’t go around making multi-billion dollar offers for things I don’t actually want.
HWR_14 4y ago
Twitter's board would have been sued to hell and back if they hadn't made him live up to his contract. They would have been left personally penniless. Meanwhile, Musk initiated every stage of the acquisition and dictated the terms.
- akomtu 4y ago
  Then it is that omnipotent Mr. Shareholder that could sue the board is the villain here: he knew what Musk was going to do, he knew that Musk wanted to back out, yet he chose to press the board.
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