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>Hundreds upon hundreds of Twitter employees have technically resigned but still have access to Twitter’s internal systems, with some speculating it is because

by r721 4y ago

>Hundreds upon hundreds of Twitter employees have technically resigned but still have access to Twitter’s internal systems, with some speculating it is because the employees tasked with managing that access also resigned. https://twitter.com/alexeheath/status/1593431420587761664 https://twitter.com/alexeheath/status/1593431420587761664

kibwen 4y ago
Same energy as the following article on the Twitter layoffs: "Twitter hasn’t responded to requests for comment, likely because its communications staff has been included in the layoffs." https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/04/twitter-faces-a-class-action-lawsuit-over-mass-employee-layoffs-with-proper-legal-notice/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/04/twitter-faces-a-class-acti...
- saghm 4y ago
  At this point it just seems like a matter of time before Musk and/or his fan club start trying to change the narrative to him purposely running the company to the ground, and the fact that he wasted billions of dollars doing it somehow is noble.
  - anonymousab 4y ago
    That's already kinda the direction of his current tweets.
  - nprateem 4y ago
    I thought he was doing it to save humanity, not because a court was going to force him to honour his agreements?
  - enkid 4y ago
    People are already saying this.
  - smrtinsert 4y ago
    "I always wanted to burn 44 billion dollars! It's tax genius!"
  - mrguyorama 4y ago
    There are tens of examples of this in this very comment section
- bkishan 4y ago
  Nothing beats this[1] though, The Verge reached out to Musk for comment. Twitter no longer has a communications department. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/23451198/twitter-ftc-elon-musk-lawyer-changes-fine-warning https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/23451198/twitter-ftc-elo...
apawloski 4y ago
Aside: there is no "technically resigned" here, if they're referring to Musk's loyalty-pledge deadline. Those employees have been terminated -- and are entitled to unemployment and wrongful termination protections.
- rndgermandude 4y ago
  I wonder if this legally really is the case. Twitter seems to have asked "Do you still want to work here", giving an option to affirm. They didn't say "you have to go", they said "you may go if you do not like the new direction of the company, please tell us which one it is". I'd be rather careful with that, and not just proclaim these people were terminated. I see a rather good chance court could rule very differently.
  - apawloski 4y ago
    The magic proclamation is actually going the other way. If the company is ending the employment, that is termination. The company does not get to simply say "well you've resigned." Perhaps you're not arguing termination vs resignation but rather whether they're entitled to unemployment and wrongful termination protection? That's more open for debate, but the former employees are entitled to those considerations (which they would not be had they resigned).
  - witheld 4y ago
    You can’t send out an email asking “Do you NOT quit?” Quitting is a process you do, you give a letter, or you tell your boss, or you stop showing up to work, anything else is termination
    - dehrmann 4y ago
      I'm guessing this is the case because "I didn't see the email" is plausible. I think all my jobs have asked for a one sentence resignation email to HR just so everyone's on the same page.
      - 4y ago
schleck8 4y ago
This reads like a parody haha
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bin_bash 4y ago
Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked.
GreekLegends 4y ago
Most tweets about the Elon/twitter situation are fake nonsense, including this one. Last week a tweet said Elon had shut down the microservice responsible for 2FA. 100,000 upvotes on Reddit/twitter and 1000s of shouting comments. The story was nonsense of course. Depressing to see such discourse gets posted here too.
paxys 4y ago
But they blocked access to the HQ. That should definitely stop rogue employees (with company hardware and full system access) from doing anything malicious right?

by r721 4y ago

kibwen 4y ago

Same energy as the following article on the Twitter layoffs: "Twitter hasn’t responded to requests for comment, likely because its communications staff has been included in the layoffs." https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/04/twitter-faces-a-class-action-lawsuit-over-mass-employee-layoffs-with-proper-legal-notice/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/04/twitter-faces-a-class-acti...

saghm 4y ago
At this point it just seems like a matter of time before Musk and/or his fan club start trying to change the narrative to him purposely running the company to the ground, and the fact that he wasted billions of dollars doing it somehow is noble.
- anonymousab 4y ago
  That's already kinda the direction of his current tweets.
- nprateem 4y ago
  I thought he was doing it to save humanity, not because a court was going to force him to honour his agreements?
- enkid 4y ago
  People are already saying this.
- smrtinsert 4y ago
  "I always wanted to burn 44 billion dollars! It's tax genius!"
- mrguyorama 4y ago
  There are tens of examples of this in this very comment section
bkishan 4y ago
Nothing beats this[1] though, The Verge reached out to Musk for comment. Twitter no longer has a communications department. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/23451198/twitter-ftc-elon-musk-lawyer-changes-fine-warning https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/23451198/twitter-ftc-elo...

apawloski 4y ago

Aside: there is no "technically resigned" here, if they're referring to Musk's loyalty-pledge deadline. Those employees have been terminated -- and are entitled to unemployment and wrongful termination protections.

rndgermandude 4y ago
I wonder if this legally really is the case. Twitter seems to have asked "Do you still want to work here", giving an option to affirm. They didn't say "you have to go", they said "you may go if you do not like the new direction of the company, please tell us which one it is". I'd be rather careful with that, and not just proclaim these people were terminated. I see a rather good chance court could rule very differently.
- apawloski 4y ago
  The magic proclamation is actually going the other way. If the company is ending the employment, that is termination. The company does not get to simply say "well you've resigned." Perhaps you're not arguing termination vs resignation but rather whether they're entitled to unemployment and wrongful termination protection? That's more open for debate, but the former employees are entitled to those considerations (which they would not be had they resigned).
- witheld 4y ago
  You can’t send out an email asking “Do you NOT quit?” Quitting is a process you do, you give a letter, or you tell your boss, or you stop showing up to work, anything else is termination
  - dehrmann 4y ago
    I'm guessing this is the case because "I didn't see the email" is plausible. I think all my jobs have asked for a one sentence resignation email to HR just so everyone's on the same page.
    - 4y ago

schleck8 4y ago

This reads like a parody haha

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bin_bash 4y ago

Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked.

GreekLegends 4y ago

Most tweets about the Elon/twitter situation are fake nonsense, including this one. Last week a tweet said Elon had shut down the microservice responsible for 2FA. 100,000 upvotes on Reddit/twitter and 1000s of shouting comments. The story was nonsense of course. Depressing to see such discourse gets posted here too.

paxys 4y ago

But they blocked access to the HQ. That should definitely stop rogue employees (with company hardware and full system access) from doing anything malicious right?