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There's no methodology at work, it's just indiscriminate firings to cull as many people as possible. This is clear from other other departments where they fire

There's no methodology at work, it's just indiscriminate firings to cull as many people as possible. This is clear from other other departments where they fired everyone they could. "Coding error" is just a modern version of "the dog ate my homework". Lame but people will swallow it. They knew what they were doing, they just regret getting caught. Sadly, once the firings, rehirings, refirings, court cases, and compensations are done, there won't be any money saved at all, probably more wasted. That public servants do important work under less than ideal circumstances and funding is entirely ignored.

kelnos 2y ago
> There's no methodology at work, it's just indiscriminate firings to cull as many people as possible. That is the methodology, though. Musk's biography (I believe) contains a bit about how one of his business strategies when trying to make drastic changes is to just fire, fire, fire, fire people. And if you don't realize afterward that you fired too many, and have to hire back at least 10% of them, then you didn't fire enough in the first place. It's a terrible, inhumane way of dealing with people.
- XorNot 2y ago
  Well, that and it justified doing something which gives him a power trip anyway. Reports from his antics years earlier[1] at Tesla was that he would go on firing sprees, which was a problem they tried to manage because predictably it was enormously disruptive. [1] https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-tesla-life-inside-gigafactory/ https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-tesla-life-inside-giga...
- joquarky 2y ago
  Treating people as fungible objects: is this not a clear sign of some serious anti-social mental problems?
  - johnnyanmac 2y ago
    He keeps talking about how "everyone wants a robot buddy". I think that's beyond reasonable double. He clearly does not trust any humans these days.
- dkjaudyeqooe 2y ago
  Mass firing is such a destructive process, you lose good people who were hard to source in the first place and it destroys moral and trust. If you're broadly firing people, you fucked up, it's not some magical skill, it means you can't plan and manage your business.
joquarky 2y ago
"The computer did that auto-layoff thing to everybody"
johnnyanmac 2y ago
"coding error" makes it seem like some technical issue. Meanwhile, anyone in tech knows this is at best an administrative error and that there was no "coding" involved whatsoever. But you don't want to blame admins who are doing your bidding, no? Anyone who really thinks this is "efficient" need to understand that they are firing the IRS during tax season and realize how absurd that is. It's like announcing a mass layoff the week before shilling our a product. You at least wait until shipping before the layoff wave hits

kelnos 2y ago

> There's no methodology at work, it's just indiscriminate firings to cull as many people as possible. That is the methodology, though. Musk's biography (I believe) contains a bit about how one of his business strategies when trying to make drastic changes is to just fire, fire, fire, fire people. And if you don't realize afterward that you fired too many, and have to hire back at least 10% of them, then you didn't fire enough in the first place. It's a terrible, inhumane way of dealing with people.

XorNot 2y ago
Well, that and it justified doing something which gives him a power trip anyway. Reports from his antics years earlier[1] at Tesla was that he would go on firing sprees, which was a problem they tried to manage because predictably it was enormously disruptive. [1] https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-tesla-life-inside-gigafactory/ https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-tesla-life-inside-giga...
joquarky 2y ago
Treating people as fungible objects: is this not a clear sign of some serious anti-social mental problems?
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  He keeps talking about how "everyone wants a robot buddy". I think that's beyond reasonable double. He clearly does not trust any humans these days.
dkjaudyeqooe 2y ago
Mass firing is such a destructive process, you lose good people who were hard to source in the first place and it destroys moral and trust. If you're broadly firing people, you fucked up, it's not some magical skill, it means you can't plan and manage your business.

joquarky 2y ago

"The computer did that auto-layoff thing to everybody"

johnnyanmac 2y ago

"coding error" makes it seem like some technical issue. Meanwhile, anyone in tech knows this is at best an administrative error and that there was no "coding" involved whatsoever. But you don't want to blame admins who are doing your bidding, no? Anyone who really thinks this is "efficient" need to understand that they are firing the IRS during tax season and realize how absurd that is. It's like announcing a mass layoff the week before shilling our a product. You at least wait until shipping before the layoff wave hits