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Layoffs were around 80% of the total workforce. It's impressive that they managed to stay up & running with 4/5 of the hits. The real Pareto law: you can run at
by curtisblaine 2y ago
Layoffs were around 80% of the total workforce. It's impressive that they managed to stay up & running with 4/5 of the hits. The real Pareto law: you can run at 80% capacity by cutting your developers to 20%.
All jokes aside, either Musk's people were incredibly good at reducing waste or the majority of developers and PMs at Twitter were doing nothing useful. I can't see any other explanation.
- lovich 2y agoDiverting assets from the publicly trader company you run, to the privately traded company you also run, does wonders for the balance books as well https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-ordered-nvidia-ship-thousands-ai-chips-reserved-tesla-x-xai-rcna155371 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-ordered-nvi...
- curtisblaine 2y agoThat's irrelevant from the tech point of view though. They still cut 80% workforce and managed to stay up serving 80% of the traffic, which is a notable achievement (and an open question about how well companies channel their talent into deliverables)