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Asking due to the ultimatum Elon gave Twitter employees on Wednesday: https://www.businessinsider.com/read-musks-midnight-email-telling-twitter-staff-work-long

• willcipriano 4y ago
  > expected to work "long hours at high intensity". > One Twitter employee speaking on the condition of anonymity said: "I have no clue what this means for non-technical roles." You know what Elon might be on to something.
  • epistasis 4y ago
    Could you explain a bit more? I can't quite catch what you might mean.
    • _dain_ 4y ago
      you know damned well what he meant
      • deleted 4y ago
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      • munk-a 4y ago
        Please explain it for the rest of the class so we don't all just assume that our differing interpretations are all correct individually. (And personally, I don't have a clue what's being implied but I'm probably just being oblivious).
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  • phphphphp 4y ago
    Lots of important work does not involve hammering away all hours of the night. For example, any work that interfaces with the outside world will be constrained by the availability of people in the outside world. Are advertising clients working at midnight on a Sunday? We've known for many, many years, that hours worked and value delivered do not correlate (which applies in technical roles, too).
    • willcipriano 4y ago
      You talk to clients during business hours, and at night you hone your pitch and write up proposals, do research, study to become better at your job. If your job literally only entails things that happen during business hours, like you man the front desk, I'd wager people would be reasonable.
      • tene80i 4y ago
        Why do you feel it is desirable for people to work as many hours as possible? Is that how to want to live your life? Have you no other pursuits or things you care about? What is all the work for, in the end?
        • willcipriano 4y ago
          I don't care how many hours people work. Sometimes in business you need to do a lot of work in a short period of time. He's being fairer than any employer I've had, they would just assign me the work and expect me to put the time in, Elon letting you opt out with 3 months severance to find another job is a decent option I might have taken on a few occasions.
• munk-a 4y ago
  At this point he's just trying to get out of paying severance. If everyone jumps ship before he has to fire them he saves a lot of money.