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Lately I feel like celebrity CEO & VCs (namely Elon Musk) are actively trolling workers. Emphasising that workers are inherently dead weight. I believe public

Lately I feel like celebrity CEO & VCs (namely Elon Musk) are actively trolling workers. Emphasising that workers are inherently dead weight. I believe publicly stunt layoffs like Twitter have a far reaching negative impact on worker morale. Maybe in the short term you can use fear to squeeze out some overtime but ultimately I believe its creating dangerous worker/employer resentment.

fxtentacle 4y ago
I think the resentment was already there before. Plus, in my opinion, they did an excellent job framing the old Twitter team as lazy entitled social justice warriors, so I expect Trumps & Musks core target demographics to absolutely love those firings. e.g. https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-workers-mocked-open-letter-saying-musks-twitter-plans-threaten-our-livelihoods-so-entitled https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-workers-mocked-open-le... and the replies to https://twitter.com/TheCriticalDri2/status/1592173535937855491 https://twitter.com/TheCriticalDri2/status/15921735359378554...
- stevehiehn 4y ago
  A big question is going to be: Does the `Trumps & Musks core target demographics` who enjoy this narrative actually contain the talent pool to pull from? I don't know.
  - jen20 4y ago
    It seems like Musk’s more immediate problem is that it barely contains anyone interested in electric cars.
  - John23832 4y ago
    Lol, of course not.Most people/workers just don't want the headache. They just want to be able to do a job and be compensated well so that they can have a life to enjoy. VERY VERY few people want to work 80 hours a week at Twitter for a reduced salary and stock options that sit behind all other investors and the billion dollar albatross Musk put around the company's neck. The skeleton crew at Twitter today are H1B's that literally can't leave because the tech world is burning around them... and that's sad.

fxtentacle 4y ago

I think the resentment was already there before. Plus, in my opinion, they did an excellent job framing the old Twitter team as lazy entitled social justice warriors, so I expect Trumps & Musks core target demographics to absolutely love those firings. e.g. https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-workers-mocked-open-letter-saying-musks-twitter-plans-threaten-our-livelihoods-so-entitled https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-workers-mocked-open-le... and the replies to https://twitter.com/TheCriticalDri2/status/1592173535937855491 https://twitter.com/TheCriticalDri2/status/15921735359378554...

stevehiehn 4y ago
A big question is going to be: Does the `Trumps & Musks core target demographics` who enjoy this narrative actually contain the talent pool to pull from? I don't know.
- jen20 4y ago
  It seems like Musk’s more immediate problem is that it barely contains anyone interested in electric cars.
- John23832 4y ago
  Lol, of course not.Most people/workers just don't want the headache. They just want to be able to do a job and be compensated well so that they can have a life to enjoy. VERY VERY few people want to work 80 hours a week at Twitter for a reduced salary and stock options that sit behind all other investors and the billion dollar albatross Musk put around the company's neck. The skeleton crew at Twitter today are H1B's that literally can't leave because the tech world is burning around them... and that's sad.