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You own shares of the company and you want them to be worth a lot? You like your job and work long hours already anyway? You’re excited for the new vision and w

You own shares of the company and you want them to be worth a lot? You like your job and work long hours already anyway? You’re excited for the new vision and want to help make it happen? It’s funny how many people here equate voluntarily sitting at a desk in a climate controlled room doing what you love and being paid for it with being oppressed. There was a great article on here about someone who worked long hours at stripe and missed the deep sense of purpose and fulfillment it gave them. Life isn’t all about punching the clock in a job you hate and whining.

prirun 4y ago
> You own shares of the company and you want them to be worth a lot? You like your job and work long hours already anyway? You’re excited for the new vision and want to help make it happen? But none of the Twitter employees own shares now, right? > It’s funny how many people here equate voluntarily sitting at a desk in a climate controlled room doing what you love and being paid for it with being oppressed. If a person is working extra hours as a company owner and expects to be paid back by the company becoming more valuable, that makes some sense. But if the owner says "you will work double hours with no extra compensation, or will be let go", then a) that's not voluntary; b) you got a 50% pay cut, which also was not voluntary and would make me love my work about 50% less. Two founders working their asses off is one thing. Forcing thousands of non-owner employees to work their ass off with no additional compensation is just wrong. If he said "Hey, anyone in a position to work their ass off will be paid time and a half for any hours over 40 a week", that would be reasonable.
- v0idzer0 4y ago
  Twitter plans to give stock options to everyone just like Tesla does. That includes factory workers with hourly wages at Tesla. Many workers have earned more from their options than all their paychecks combined. Where are you getting “double hours”? Is everyone exaggerating “long hours” into “double hours” in order to justify irrational outrage here? You also keep saying this is mandatory. Yet this article is about how employees have been given the option to accept a generous severance package instead. Any mention of Elon and otherwise critical thinkers seem to cease all critical thinking.

prirun 4y ago

> You own shares of the company and you want them to be worth a lot? You like your job and work long hours already anyway? You’re excited for the new vision and want to help make it happen? But none of the Twitter employees own shares now, right? > It’s funny how many people here equate voluntarily sitting at a desk in a climate controlled room doing what you love and being paid for it with being oppressed. If a person is working extra hours as a company owner and expects to be paid back by the company becoming more valuable, that makes some sense. But if the owner says "you will work double hours with no extra compensation, or will be let go", then a) that's not voluntary; b) you got a 50% pay cut, which also was not voluntary and would make me love my work about 50% less. Two founders working their asses off is one thing. Forcing thousands of non-owner employees to work their ass off with no additional compensation is just wrong. If he said "Hey, anyone in a position to work their ass off will be paid time and a half for any hours over 40 a week", that would be reasonable.

v0idzer0 4y ago
Twitter plans to give stock options to everyone just like Tesla does. That includes factory workers with hourly wages at Tesla. Many workers have earned more from their options than all their paychecks combined. Where are you getting “double hours”? Is everyone exaggerating “long hours” into “double hours” in order to justify irrational outrage here? You also keep saying this is mandatory. Yet this article is about how employees have been given the option to accept a generous severance package instead. Any mention of Elon and otherwise critical thinkers seem to cease all critical thinking.