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Huh? Twitter has had almost monthly rounds of layoffs, including one a few weeks ago that took out some fairly high profile employees. They also have arbitrary
by suresk 4y ago
Huh? Twitter has had almost monthly rounds of layoffs, including one a few weeks ago that took out some fairly high profile employees. They also have arbitrary firings and people being let go without being told [1].
I'm certainly not going to argue that Meta is going about this in a good way at all, but it is hard to think of a worse example of doing it "well" than Twitter under Elon.
1. https://twitter.com/iamharaldur/status/1632843191773716481 https://twitter.com/iamharaldur/status/1632843191773716481
- neilv 4y agoTwitter kinda looks like a billionaire decided to pay a ridiculous amount of money for a company, just so he could destroy the livelihoods of thousands of people less fortunate.
- pydry 4y agoOr an attempt to illustrate what happens when $40 billion and a narcissistic personality disorder meets Chesterton's fence.
- meghan_rain 4y agoVery good take imho
- lotsofpulp 4y agoHe also helped the livelihoods of a lot of Twitter stockholders, including people’s retirement savings.
- x0x0 4y agoSomeone counted 3 or 4 -- I forget -- separate rounds of layoffs after Musk said Twitter was done with layoffs. That's many things, but "providing [sic] clarity" it ain't. edit: > Musk has done at least three rounds of layoffs since his promise to stop doing them in November. [1] [1] https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/21/23609522/elon-musk-more-twitter-layoffs-sales-engineering-ads-google-revamp https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/21/23609522/elon-musk-more-t...
- suresk 4y agoI guess, in its own way, knowing that there will be constant layoffs is a form of clarity?