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Twitter engineers should unionize Elon Musk would hate that

FartyMcFarter 4y ago
They should just leave the company. At this point I'm not sure why anyone would stay in such a toxic environment unless they can't get any other job.
- version_five 4y ago
  Are there any objective employee sentiment surveys about what they think? Even after all the bad press, I can picture that many are still cautiously optimistic (or just interested to be along for the ride), especially if they previously weren't happy with Twitter's direction. There is a lot of internal rot in tech and a lot of people putting up with it because of their pay. I've worked in jobs where a lot of people would have been happy to see someone come in and shake things up, even if it was disruptive and risky.
  - pantalaimon 4y ago
    From the outside it looks like complete and utter madness. The thing is, I don’t care if he runs Twitter into the ground, it sure is a good show while it lasts. I’m also pretty certain the engineers will have no trouble finding a new job. But what concerns me is that radioactive aspect of it. If Elon has lost his mind, what does that mean for his other ventures?
    - willnonya 4y ago
      Is musl losing his mind seriously a concern? As far as the engineers go, I'm pretty sure some of them won't have any problem finding a jobs...
      - pantalaimon 4y ago
        I had high hopes for SpaceX, makes me a bit worried if Elon is running rampant now. Tesla Autopilot is also concerning.
        antifa 4y ago
        Maybe SpaceX and Tesla will suddenly become safer and more productive now that Twitter is drawing aggro.
- fragmede 4y ago
  I dunno, an ambitious young eng with no other responsibilities could stay just to see how much they're about to run basically by themselves. what other ways could you get that kind of experience? if the site goes down well ah well that was a difficult task. if they manage to keep the site going though, juggling keeping the shitton of microservices up with a megalomaniac at the helm trying to kill them off. that experience is probably worth a few hundred k in TC at whatever place lets them tell the story and gives them an offer
  - TigeriusKirk 4y ago
    It'd be exciting and fun for me personally. I'd love it, but I definitely understand that puts me in a minority.
- willnonya 4y ago
  By moat accounts it was a toxic environment before the takeover, now its merely chaotic.
- elihu 4y ago
  They could leave, but I think unionizing is a better solution if they can pull it off, and it would set a better precedent for programmers affected by similar things in other companies.
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They should just leave the company. At this point I'm not sure why anyone would stay in such a toxic environment unless they can't get any other job.

version_five 4y ago
Are there any objective employee sentiment surveys about what they think? Even after all the bad press, I can picture that many are still cautiously optimistic (or just interested to be along for the ride), especially if they previously weren't happy with Twitter's direction. There is a lot of internal rot in tech and a lot of people putting up with it because of their pay. I've worked in jobs where a lot of people would have been happy to see someone come in and shake things up, even if it was disruptive and risky.
- pantalaimon 4y ago
  From the outside it looks like complete and utter madness. The thing is, I don’t care if he runs Twitter into the ground, it sure is a good show while it lasts. I’m also pretty certain the engineers will have no trouble finding a new job. But what concerns me is that radioactive aspect of it. If Elon has lost his mind, what does that mean for his other ventures?
  - willnonya 4y ago
    Is musl losing his mind seriously a concern? As far as the engineers go, I'm pretty sure some of them won't have any problem finding a jobs...
    - pantalaimon 4y ago
      I had high hopes for SpaceX, makes me a bit worried if Elon is running rampant now. Tesla Autopilot is also concerning.
      - antifa 4y ago
        Maybe SpaceX and Tesla will suddenly become safer and more productive now that Twitter is drawing aggro.
fragmede 4y ago
I dunno, an ambitious young eng with no other responsibilities could stay just to see how much they're about to run basically by themselves. what other ways could you get that kind of experience? if the site goes down well ah well that was a difficult task. if they manage to keep the site going though, juggling keeping the shitton of microservices up with a megalomaniac at the helm trying to kill them off. that experience is probably worth a few hundred k in TC at whatever place lets them tell the story and gives them an offer
- TigeriusKirk 4y ago
  It'd be exciting and fun for me personally. I'd love it, but I definitely understand that puts me in a minority.
willnonya 4y ago
By moat accounts it was a toxic environment before the takeover, now its merely chaotic.
elihu 4y ago
They could leave, but I think unionizing is a better solution if they can pull it off, and it would set a better precedent for programmers affected by similar things in other companies.

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