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I am fine with this actually. It is not Amazon warehouse workers we are talking about. These people were highly paid and Twitter seems to run just fine without

I am fine with this actually. It is not Amazon warehouse workers we are talking about. These people were highly paid and Twitter seems to run just fine without them. FAANG can probably get rid of 70% of the bloat. Elon did give them 3 months severence which is quite amazing.

ssnistfajen 4y ago
Elon is literally trying to deny the severance packages he promised to give. How is this amazing? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/musk-brings-spacex-lawyers-to-twitter-as-layoff-lawsuits-mount-report-says/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/musk-brings-spac...
- systemvoltage 4y ago
  If this is true that that's inexclusable and shitty. Still legal(?), but not ethical. Looks like the they're being challenged in the court. Whether firing was done ethically or not, I still think that Twitter was bloated af and needed trimming. The macroeconomic conditions led to a huge hiring spree for last 8 years of 0% interest rates. We fucked around in the silicon valley and we are about to find out. Overall, on a national/GDP scale, we can use these employees for betterment of other things than wasting their time at FAANG/Twitter. I'd like to see 1000 lean and mean companies than 10 bloated FAANGs.
  - ssnistfajen 4y ago
    That's just, like, your opinion. What matters here is employees were fired on extremely arbitrary grounds, then had their labour rights infringed upon.
    - fundad 4y ago
      > I am fine with this actually Yeah when people show you who they are, believe them.
Lich 4y ago
I’m guessing you haven’t been keeping up with the news. 2FA not working for some, countries missing from account recovery process, axes Twitter Spaces after being criticized by a journalist, and last bit not least…he seems to have decided he will not pay severance.
r_hoods_ghost 4y ago
Some of them are, but even at Twitter not everyone is a highly paid dev and those people have been fired as well. Let's not even go I to the ridiculousness of expecting people to sacrifice their health and wellbeing by being a hardcore worker for the further enrichment of one of the world's richest men.

ssnistfajen 4y ago

Elon is literally trying to deny the severance packages he promised to give. How is this amazing? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/musk-brings-spacex-lawyers-to-twitter-as-layoff-lawsuits-mount-report-says/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/musk-brings-spac...

systemvoltage 4y ago
If this is true that that's inexclusable and shitty. Still legal(?), but not ethical. Looks like the they're being challenged in the court. Whether firing was done ethically or not, I still think that Twitter was bloated af and needed trimming. The macroeconomic conditions led to a huge hiring spree for last 8 years of 0% interest rates. We fucked around in the silicon valley and we are about to find out. Overall, on a national/GDP scale, we can use these employees for betterment of other things than wasting their time at FAANG/Twitter. I'd like to see 1000 lean and mean companies than 10 bloated FAANGs.
- ssnistfajen 4y ago
  That's just, like, your opinion. What matters here is employees were fired on extremely arbitrary grounds, then had their labour rights infringed upon.
  - fundad 4y ago
    > I am fine with this actually Yeah when people show you who they are, believe them.

Lich 4y ago

I’m guessing you haven’t been keeping up with the news. 2FA not working for some, countries missing from account recovery process, axes Twitter Spaces after being criticized by a journalist, and last bit not least…he seems to have decided he will not pay severance.

r_hoods_ghost 4y ago

Some of them are, but even at Twitter not everyone is a highly paid dev and those people have been fired as well. Let's not even go I to the ridiculousness of expecting people to sacrifice their health and wellbeing by being a hardcore worker for the further enrichment of one of the world's richest men.