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> “If you are sure that you want to be part of the new Twitter, please click yes on the link below,” > Anyone who did not sign the pledge by 5 p.m. Eastern tim
by jstx1 4y ago
> “If you are sure that you want to be part of the new Twitter, please click yes on the link below,”
> Anyone who did not sign the pledge by 5 p.m. Eastern time Thursday was told they would receive three months of severance pay, the message said.
So he's giving everyone a voluntary redundancy option? I hope a lot of people take it.
> “This will mean working long hours at high intensity,” he said. “Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade.”
Wow. This is just fascinating to watch from the sidelines. I wonder if he'll push things so far that Twitter completely collapses, or he keeps it running and it will simply be a horrible place to work at.
- thedrbrian 4y ago>“Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade.” Right I'm out. Not worth killing yourself for any company. This is like a speed run on how to destroy a company
- torben-friis 4y ago>“This will mean working long hours at high intensity,” he said. “Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade. I'm still astonished that this is even legal in the US, and even more surprised that there has been 0 talk of employees pushing back in a groupal way (strikes? walkouts? anything?)
- amelius 4y agoMusk stated that raising your voice about the issue will certainly get you fired.
- torben-friis 4y agoNot the first boss to do so. One guy can get fired, the whole company can’t.
- clouddrover 4y ago> “This will mean working long hours at high intensity,” I bet long hours for no increase in pay, which is wage theft. Apparently Musk's pathway to profit is to steal from others.
- Balgair 4y agoMost of these employees aren't hourly, they're salary.
- Adirael 4y agoDo salary employees in the US not have a set amount of hours they have to work per week/month/year?
- Balgair 4y agoThat's a great question. In the US salaried employees are exempt from overtime. Generally, the idea is that you are to work as much as is needed, hence the generally higher pay. There is no set amount of work per the employment contract (in general). You could work very little during slower periods, or a lot during higher demand times.
- arrrg 4y agoSeems awful that US laws allows that. In Germany there is a hard upper cap at 48 hours/week for any normal employee (like pretty much everyone working at Twitter would be). Up to 60 hours/week can be legal if the average in four months isn’t above 48 hours/week (so this is to allow for temporary bursts in the workload, but beforehand or afterwards hours have to be reduced even below 48 hours to reach the 48 hour/week average). Overtime doesn’t necessarily have to be paid, though this has to be explicitly specified in the employment contract (including the exact number of unpaid additional hours that can be demanded by the employer). All of this doesn’t mean that many employees – especially those in smaller companies without workers councils or union support – won’t work more than 48 hours/week. That still happens in Germany. But at least no one can demand it from you and hardly anyone would be able to as brazenly just put that in writing.
- Balgair 4y agoGiven how frantic Elon seems to be right now, I'd doubt that he would even notice if you were slacking off or just BSing. If Twitter has employees that now just snitch on the others to inform Elon, then it's already dead as all trust is gone. If I were in the position, I'd sign the pledge (after reading it for legal gotchca's) and just try to get another job as my full time job. What's the worst that's gonna happen? You'll get fired again?
- amelius 4y ago> This is just fascinating to watch from the sidelines. This is chilling. If Musk gets what he wants and you are a programmer anywhere, then this might one day apply to you too ...