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You're missing a significant bullet point which is that in-between Musk arriving and Twitter employees resigning, Musk fired 50% of the workforce. That seems li
by spuz 4y ago
You're missing a significant bullet point which is that in-between Musk arriving and Twitter employees resigning, Musk fired 50% of the workforce. That seems like a much more significant factor in whether systems can be maintained.
- ShredKazoo 4y agoGood point. And that also probably creates fear/resentment among the remaining employees. I guess Elon is a weird combination of being very good at the "visionary" aspects of leadership (inspiring people with "Occupy Mars") and being very bad at the "managing" aspects (creating psychological safety & high morale for employees). This leadership style doesn't work unless your employees believe in your vision.
- mftb 4y agoHe's done little to nothing since the takeover of Twitter to articulate a meaningful or inspiring vision. At best his messaging has been erratic.
- ActorNightly 4y agoIf you need half of 7500 people to maintain a system like Twitter, something is fundamentally wrong with the tech stack and the tech people that work there.
- ShredKazoo 4y agoAgreed. I used to work at a top 200 website (also social media) and we had about 30 engineers and another 30 non-engineer staff. I think cutting workforce was the correct move for an acquirer, but he probably should've moved just a bit slower (e.g. using a more sophisticated metric for employee productivity than "# lines committed"). And of course try to make cuts in a way that doesn't harm the morale of those who aren't cut.
- lm28469 4y agoTechnically your car will drive without a brake pedal, a roof and tires too