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I am reminded of this video of a young woman showing a "day in the life" of a LinkedIn employee https://youtu.be/X5TZVhKDwpk https://youtu.be/X5TZVhKDwpk

by jwond 3y ago

ryanSrich 3y ago
This is absolultey insane.
exodust 3y ago
I've seen other similar videos made in identical style. I think it was a viral trend. The objective being to enrage people with smug workplace laziness culture, and get plenty of views as a result.
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dna_polymerase 3y ago
There were a lot of videos in this style from the twitter people. Turns out they run fine on 20 % remaining workforce.
- saagarjha 3y ago
  Surely this is because Elon is there picking up the slack for the missing 80%.
  - amoss 3y ago
    Underrated.
  - hnaccount_rng 3y ago
    Or, you know, the people dealing with the advertisers ("partners") are gone and no money is coming in. But sure the servers are still running ;)
    - arein2 3y ago
      no idea why you need a dedicated person for dealing with the advertisers. it seemed to be just pressure from adl to scare the advertisers away, or otherwise adl will generate controversy a very slimy and backwards model
      - viraptor 3y ago
        Without internal Twitter context, but having seen companies with marketing teams... there's a lot of people involved in doing close work with partners, whether advertisement ones or others. On the tech side it's kind of like AWS support - sure, everyone had access to the support portal, but once you start spending $$$, you'll get dedicated people sitting in your company's slack channel, providing support, advice and planning if you need it. (Sure, it doesn't always work great, but the idea holds) I'm sure that whoever was the big ad spender with Twitter has a dedicated contact reachable more directly. (And possibly negotiating better deals than advertised to everyone)
      - red-iron-pine 3y ago
        > a very slimy and backwards model perhaps it is, but that's the business a lot of big tech is in. ads drive everything. google is an advertising company with a lot of data mining on the front-end. if your ad game and monitization isn't tight then you don't have a company, you have a public service, and one that will gas out pretty quickly.
      - tiznow 3y ago
        because advertising and marketing are still very much industries where your "face card" matters and where companies will spend millions of dollars elsewhere if Chet from Advertising gets laid off.
  - raverbashing 3y ago
    "the missing 80%" you mean the ones that would go from the salad bar to the yoga class and then go into a DEI meeting and talking about how we must change "the color of our vibes"? Yeah I think Elon is almost picking up that slack. But I doubt anyone could find him at an yoga class
    - saagarjha 3y ago
      You’ve made up a guy and are mad about it but go off
      - ido 3y ago
        There was probably a lot of slack at twitter, but as an outsider it's incredibly hard to correctly identify who is the slack and who is doing real work (and a lot of people are somewhat in-between) in such a short amount of time. Musk took a massive risk and I'm sure a lot of the collateral damage were people doing genuine work. Keep in mind a lot of the slacker are really good at pretending to do real work and they've had a long time to hone their skills.
        mcny 3y ago
        That's any company. Twitter is not special. The gp I think is talking about rage bait videos on social media where people used to post how work was so easy at xyz company. We should know better than rely on rage bait for information. Ask your friends who worked there if they knew anyone slacking off.
        ido 3y ago
        with that i agree, the video was just a funny video and not meant to be taken as a documentary.
- offices 3y ago
  Half the revenue and being fined for failing to prevent child sexual abuse is fine?
- doc_gunthrop 3y ago
  Pareto principle in full effect
- VirusNewbie 3y ago
  I mean, they're making a lot less money, so I dunno. It's easy to run a company with a skeleton crew if you run it at a loss. it's the cost efficiency that makes it harder.
raydev 3y ago
This person is incentivized to show off how glamourous and laid back it is rather than the actual work they are doing in the 8 hours around this 2 minute video, so I'm not sure why you'd be reminded of it.
- j7ake 3y ago
  What’s the incentive to show how laid back they are? I imagine a significant population of tech workers would want to show off how much they work.
  - alephnerd 3y ago
    It's stunting/showing that you made it. Watch shows that are popular in my age demographic (eg. Succession) and the flashiness is the takeaway for most people about high paying "elite" jobs (and ignoring the toxicity and horrible WLB these jobs often have). I've met many younger friends and mentees who have this idealized image of IB/PE/PM/VC/BigTech SWE/Consulting because the perks seem dope and it sounds "sexy". No one wants to message that in reality, high paying jobs have high responsibility, ownership, and politics - it's my head on the chopping board if my product/divison's P&L sucks. Also, a lot of these TikToks and Reels have some backing from HR/Recruiting. My sibling has done something similar on their own IG after getting the go-ahead from HR and Recruiting.
  - raydev 3y ago
    The audience on TikTok is not just tech workers.
- kuchenbecker 3y ago
  Free/cheap food, enough meeting rooms, and a place to walk. You don't need a giant amount of amenities and every company I've worked at hasn't had enough meeting rooms. If I'm adding to my wish list it's a shower so you can bike to work and rinse off. It's the daily conveniences rather than the crazy atypically perks I never use that I value.
conradfr 3y ago
I never understood how much of these videos was parody.
- jihadjihad 3y ago
  Approx 0.00%

I am reminded of this video of a young woman showing a "day in the life" of a LinkedIn employee https://youtu.be/X5TZVhKDwpk https://youtu.be/X5TZVhKDwpk

by jwond 3y ago

I am reminded of this video of a young woman showing a "day in the life" of a LinkedIn employee https://youtu.be/X5TZVhKDwpk https://youtu.be/X5TZVhKDwpk

ryanSrich 3y ago

This is absolultey insane.

exodust 3y ago

I've seen other similar videos made in identical style. I think it was a viral trend. The objective being to enrage people with smug workplace laziness culture, and get plenty of views as a result.

deleted 3y ago

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dna_polymerase 3y ago

There were a lot of videos in this style from the twitter people. Turns out they run fine on 20 % remaining workforce.

saagarjha 3y ago
Surely this is because Elon is there picking up the slack for the missing 80%.
- amoss 3y ago
  Underrated.
- hnaccount_rng 3y ago
  Or, you know, the people dealing with the advertisers ("partners") are gone and no money is coming in. But sure the servers are still running ;)
  - arein2 3y ago
    no idea why you need a dedicated person for dealing with the advertisers. it seemed to be just pressure from adl to scare the advertisers away, or otherwise adl will generate controversy a very slimy and backwards model
    - viraptor 3y ago
      Without internal Twitter context, but having seen companies with marketing teams... there's a lot of people involved in doing close work with partners, whether advertisement ones or others. On the tech side it's kind of like AWS support - sure, everyone had access to the support portal, but once you start spending $$$, you'll get dedicated people sitting in your company's slack channel, providing support, advice and planning if you need it. (Sure, it doesn't always work great, but the idea holds) I'm sure that whoever was the big ad spender with Twitter has a dedicated contact reachable more directly. (And possibly negotiating better deals than advertised to everyone)
    - red-iron-pine 3y ago
      > a very slimy and backwards model perhaps it is, but that's the business a lot of big tech is in. ads drive everything. google is an advertising company with a lot of data mining on the front-end. if your ad game and monitization isn't tight then you don't have a company, you have a public service, and one that will gas out pretty quickly.
    - tiznow 3y ago
      because advertising and marketing are still very much industries where your "face card" matters and where companies will spend millions of dollars elsewhere if Chet from Advertising gets laid off.
- raverbashing 3y ago
  "the missing 80%" you mean the ones that would go from the salad bar to the yoga class and then go into a DEI meeting and talking about how we must change "the color of our vibes"? Yeah I think Elon is almost picking up that slack. But I doubt anyone could find him at an yoga class
  - saagarjha 3y ago
    You’ve made up a guy and are mad about it but go off
    - ido 3y ago
      There was probably a lot of slack at twitter, but as an outsider it's incredibly hard to correctly identify who is the slack and who is doing real work (and a lot of people are somewhat in-between) in such a short amount of time. Musk took a massive risk and I'm sure a lot of the collateral damage were people doing genuine work. Keep in mind a lot of the slacker are really good at pretending to do real work and they've had a long time to hone their skills.
      - mcny 3y ago
        That's any company. Twitter is not special. The gp I think is talking about rage bait videos on social media where people used to post how work was so easy at xyz company. We should know better than rely on rage bait for information. Ask your friends who worked there if they knew anyone slacking off.
        ido 3y ago
        with that i agree, the video was just a funny video and not meant to be taken as a documentary.
offices 3y ago
Half the revenue and being fined for failing to prevent child sexual abuse is fine?
doc_gunthrop 3y ago
Pareto principle in full effect
VirusNewbie 3y ago
I mean, they're making a lot less money, so I dunno. It's easy to run a company with a skeleton crew if you run it at a loss. it's the cost efficiency that makes it harder.

raydev 3y ago

This person is incentivized to show off how glamourous and laid back it is rather than the actual work they are doing in the 8 hours around this 2 minute video, so I'm not sure why you'd be reminded of it.

j7ake 3y ago
What’s the incentive to show how laid back they are? I imagine a significant population of tech workers would want to show off how much they work.
- alephnerd 3y ago
  It's stunting/showing that you made it. Watch shows that are popular in my age demographic (eg. Succession) and the flashiness is the takeaway for most people about high paying "elite" jobs (and ignoring the toxicity and horrible WLB these jobs often have). I've met many younger friends and mentees who have this idealized image of IB/PE/PM/VC/BigTech SWE/Consulting because the perks seem dope and it sounds "sexy". No one wants to message that in reality, high paying jobs have high responsibility, ownership, and politics - it's my head on the chopping board if my product/divison's P&L sucks. Also, a lot of these TikToks and Reels have some backing from HR/Recruiting. My sibling has done something similar on their own IG after getting the go-ahead from HR and Recruiting.
- raydev 3y ago
  The audience on TikTok is not just tech workers.
kuchenbecker 3y ago
Free/cheap food, enough meeting rooms, and a place to walk. You don't need a giant amount of amenities and every company I've worked at hasn't had enough meeting rooms. If I'm adding to my wish list it's a shower so you can bike to work and rinse off. It's the daily conveniences rather than the crazy atypically perks I never use that I value.

conradfr 3y ago

I never understood how much of these videos was parody.

jihadjihad 3y ago
Approx 0.00%