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That's not what Elon thinks based on his actions. He's trying to decimate the workforce on purpose, although it's not going as smoothly as he hoped from outsid

That's not what Elon thinks based on his actions. He's trying to decimate the workforce on purpose, although it's not going as smoothly as he hoped from outside appearances. He wants huge numbers of Twitter employees to quit, and he has been very clearly laying out the terms for behavior for the type of people he would like to run Twitter with. He's intentionally shaking the tree violently. He's hoping that the types that remain will be his types of employees. He's going to try to rebuild the workforce starting from those, so it's his company in ethos / function. He thinks Twitter can run with far fewer engineers, and drastically fewer staff overall, than what it was operating with previously. He knows the value of engineers, he has made that part clear: he plainly said that engineers are most of what is important about Twitter, not the rest of the staff, he said it should be an engineer heavy company.

qwytw 4y ago
I highly doubt the majority of engineers who are actually good at what they do would be willing to remain in such a toxic environment Musk is creating. Also so far he has displayed very little understanding of what engineers actually do (the bring you screenshots thing and the way he responded to one of them correcting him on Twitter and a bunch of other cases don't paint the brightest picture).
- adventured 4y ago
  I make no wager on whether he can actually reach what he's trying to achieve. Rather, I'm merely proposing what I think he's doing / why he's doing it. I don't think he can run Twitter very effectively out of San Francisco going forward, after his behavior. He'll try to run it out of Texas instead.
ProjectArcturis 4y ago
That's definitely the bet he's making. I think most of the best people will leave because they can make the same money working normal hours. He'll end up with those who can't find another job, those stuck at Twitter because of visas, and some unknown percentage of his desired "hardcore" employees.
golem14 4y ago
But will the remaining eng be what he wants? I assume he already laid off most h1bs, who would say and do anything to not get deported but might not be the best engineers. Still, the people that claim to work 'hardcore' might just say that. They might survive for 3 months, which is how much severance they are forfeiting.
- adventured 4y ago
  That's naturally the billion dollar question. Can he get what he wants and can he get it in that physical region, where Twitter operates out of, now that he has burned many bridges. He will move the Twitter HQ, within 12-24 months I'd guess. He'll move it to Texas. Most likely he has already begun preparations for that and we'll see an announcement within six months.

qwytw 4y ago

I highly doubt the majority of engineers who are actually good at what they do would be willing to remain in such a toxic environment Musk is creating. Also so far he has displayed very little understanding of what engineers actually do (the bring you screenshots thing and the way he responded to one of them correcting him on Twitter and a bunch of other cases don't paint the brightest picture).

adventured 4y ago
I make no wager on whether he can actually reach what he's trying to achieve. Rather, I'm merely proposing what I think he's doing / why he's doing it. I don't think he can run Twitter very effectively out of San Francisco going forward, after his behavior. He'll try to run it out of Texas instead.

ProjectArcturis 4y ago

That's definitely the bet he's making. I think most of the best people will leave because they can make the same money working normal hours. He'll end up with those who can't find another job, those stuck at Twitter because of visas, and some unknown percentage of his desired "hardcore" employees.

golem14 4y ago

But will the remaining eng be what he wants? I assume he already laid off most h1bs, who would say and do anything to not get deported but might not be the best engineers. Still, the people that claim to work 'hardcore' might just say that. They might survive for 3 months, which is how much severance they are forfeiting.

adventured 4y ago
That's naturally the billion dollar question. Can he get what he wants and can he get it in that physical region, where Twitter operates out of, now that he has burned many bridges. He will move the Twitter HQ, within 12-24 months I'd guess. He'll move it to Texas. Most likely he has already begun preparations for that and we'll see an announcement within six months.