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> He got Musk saying he's terminated due to disability Musk said he got terminated for not doing any work. If you're not doing your part because of your disabi

> He got Musk saying he's terminated due to disability Musk said he got terminated for not doing any work. If you're not doing your part because of your disability and get fired then is that discrimination? Because in that case wouldn't that mean that you're just stuck with dead weight you inherit from other people's hiring decisions? What about passing on a candidate who has a disability that prevents them from performing adequately? Genuine questions if anybody knows the law.

alangibson 4y ago
Musk has an idiotic definition of work. He seems to think it's everyone's job to hack out code. The guy in question was in a senior leadership role, which means most of his work was just communicating with his team.
- TigeriusKirk 4y ago
  Musk has made it pretty clear from the start he's looking to eliminate most (if not all) roles like that. Those roles do tend to proliferate far beyond their actual utility in large organizations.
  - alangibson 4y ago
    I'm all for eliminating management. But kicking out people that have a track record of building things so good that you bought their company is how you end up up with a company that can do engineering but not produce products. Just look at what's become of Google.
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_dain_ 4y ago
How did his disability prevent him from doing his job? You realize it's perfectly possible to type and code using voice control, with the right setup?
- masklinn 4y ago
  > How did his disability prevent him from doing his job? It was not preventing him from doing his work, it was preventing him from doing other unrelated work he was being moved to because of musk's nonsense. > You realize it's perfectly possible to type and code using voice control, with the right setup? While I think it's perfectly possible to type and code with motor issue (though I also think that would not be sufficient for Musk), Halli was not hired as a dev, he was acquihired when twitter purchased his company, his job is in management, clients rel, wheeling and dealing, and probably design given his site (and that Ueno was a creative agency).

alangibson 4y ago

Musk has an idiotic definition of work. He seems to think it's everyone's job to hack out code. The guy in question was in a senior leadership role, which means most of his work was just communicating with his team.

TigeriusKirk 4y ago
Musk has made it pretty clear from the start he's looking to eliminate most (if not all) roles like that. Those roles do tend to proliferate far beyond their actual utility in large organizations.
- alangibson 4y ago
  I'm all for eliminating management. But kicking out people that have a track record of building things so good that you bought their company is how you end up up with a company that can do engineering but not produce products. Just look at what's become of Google.

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_dain_ 4y ago

How did his disability prevent him from doing his job? You realize it's perfectly possible to type and code using voice control, with the right setup?

masklinn 4y ago
> How did his disability prevent him from doing his job? It was not preventing him from doing his work, it was preventing him from doing other unrelated work he was being moved to because of musk's nonsense. > You realize it's perfectly possible to type and code using voice control, with the right setup? While I think it's perfectly possible to type and code with motor issue (though I also think that would not be sufficient for Musk), Halli was not hired as a dev, he was acquihired when twitter purchased his company, his job is in management, clients rel, wheeling and dealing, and probably design given his site (and that Ueno was a creative agency).