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The employees don't deserve basic human empathy because the company wasn't technically amazing and made no profit? In what twisted world view does that make any

by Erem 4y ago

The employees don't deserve basic human empathy because the company wasn't technically amazing and made no profit? In what twisted world view does that make any sense?

UncleEntity 4y ago
People literally celebrated the (illegal) destruction of my last job by Uber/Lyft because everyone has had at some point in their life a bad cab ride. That one dude I pulled a knife on and then got arrested for being belligerent to the cops…top level customer service right there.
devwastaken 4y ago
Nobody said that. These are not workers in poverty, they are making a significant amount of money and know the risks. There will be severance packages and they'll be hired elsewhere. This has happened to dozens of well known tech companies in the last few months. We're only focusing on musk because politics.
- Erem 4y ago
  Literally the comment I responded to said that: > Honestly I don't really care about Twitter employees. The company is not going exceptionally technically amazing...No idea how they were able to stay alive so long while turning loss after loss. Anyways, this has nothing to do with Musk. I just think anybody losing their only source of income deserves basic empathy first, and I will happily call out comments that spin it as if they somehow deserved it bc they worked at twitter or weren't renowned for their engineering prowess.
parkingrift 4y ago
90 days severance during the holidays. VS Staying and having to work long hours under Musk. Maybe we have empathy for the wrong group…?
anon291 4y ago
No not at all, but the severance package they're getting (pay until february) is not worthy of condemnation. By all means... they're getting a sweet deal. First, a high equity payout (since Musk overpaid by all accounts) and now a great severance. It's sad, but I find it distasteful they're seeking to be objects of sympathy.

by Erem 4y ago

The employees don't deserve basic human empathy because the company wasn't technically amazing and made no profit? In what twisted world view does that make any sense?

UncleEntity 4y ago

People literally celebrated the (illegal) destruction of my last job by Uber/Lyft because everyone has had at some point in their life a bad cab ride. That one dude I pulled a knife on and then got arrested for being belligerent to the cops…top level customer service right there.

devwastaken 4y ago

Nobody said that. These are not workers in poverty, they are making a significant amount of money and know the risks. There will be severance packages and they'll be hired elsewhere. This has happened to dozens of well known tech companies in the last few months. We're only focusing on musk because politics.

Erem 4y ago
Literally the comment I responded to said that: > Honestly I don't really care about Twitter employees. The company is not going exceptionally technically amazing...No idea how they were able to stay alive so long while turning loss after loss. Anyways, this has nothing to do with Musk. I just think anybody losing their only source of income deserves basic empathy first, and I will happily call out comments that spin it as if they somehow deserved it bc they worked at twitter or weren't renowned for their engineering prowess.

parkingrift 4y ago

90 days severance during the holidays. VS Staying and having to work long hours under Musk. Maybe we have empathy for the wrong group…?

anon291 4y ago

No not at all, but the severance package they're getting (pay until february) is not worthy of condemnation. By all means... they're getting a sweet deal. First, a high equity payout (since Musk overpaid by all accounts) and now a great severance. It's sad, but I find it distasteful they're seeking to be objects of sympathy.