What confuses you about it? It’s just different to your belief system perhaps, it’s certainly not negative.
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Hundreds of Twitter Employees Leaving After Elon Musk's 'Extremely Hardcore' Work Demands
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You can't solve all the world's problems for sure but there are a lot of things you could do with that money which would do a lot of good.If there is one thing I agree with Musk, is when someone told him exactly what you said. He asked said person to explain to him how he would do that.
He's still waiting for a reply.
Edit: here's the story
Elon Musk gave a mysterious $5.7 billion donation weeks after he dared the UN to show him its plan for solving world hunger
The UN World Food Program executive director David Beasley said global elites should step up, and that $6 billion would help feed people at risk of starvation.fortune.com
For example energy. Most of our problems could be solved if we had a supply of cheap clean energy- even desalinating water.
Well a few months ago a group in Oxford got fusion to work. Really, they did. First Light Fusion (FLF) they are called.
They used plasma a cheap crucible, a big gas cannon and they did it on the cheap and used gravity to aid the acceleration. The idea is to be able to commercialise it and have it fire every 30 seconds and produce enough energy to power a town (it would only be about the size of a chimney)
OK, it might never make it but they've proved concept and they have an idea of how to solve all the obstacles but they need about $1Bn to do it.
At the same time the Chinese are testing Thorium based reactors and if they get that working then it's 1000 years of clean, safe energy for everyone and we'll be paying them for the technology.
There are plenty of things he could have done.
(By the way I find it ironic he named his company Tesla and if Tesla were around he'd probably be able to figure a lot of these things out.)
On the other hand maybe we should just ask Bankman-Fried to check down the back of his sofa?
Sorry but in Australia this is standard practice in the corporate space. Sure, work at a supermarket you and your manager both minute watch.
Work in a big bank or law firm you’re going to get pumped. That’s the deal. I know it’s the same in NY, Singapore etc.. something different where you are at?!
There is no contradiction in pointing out the fact that employees politicized their jobs, and then saying that outsiders’ reactions to all of this shouldn’t be political, it’s just a matter of observation. Also, “politics” can mean something beyond the typical concept of governmental left-right politics, i.e. “office politics”. There is quite a lot of politics going on at Twitter in that sense.
I think it’s truly strange that so many people are so emotional about this. It’s something that’s happening, it’s a topic of conversation, but to get so bent out of shape and be so filled with hatred for this guy is very odd. To me, Musk is not the one coming off as unhinged in all of this, frankly.
I've used Twitter more in the last few weeks than I have in years, loving it at the moment.
It will be just like the Hyperloop....right ?
How can we make the assessment, from the outside, that it’s not worth it anymore? Obviously some people feel it isn’t, others feel it is. Like any job.
Twitter was a financial disaster before Musk. This seems to get lost, frequently. And if Twitter did go down in flames, I wouldn’t be heartbroken; social media is a blight on humanity.
What has Elon done that makes people want him to go to prison? This is exactly what I was referencing in a previous comment of mine; I don’t understand why he brings out such emotions in people. Why does Musk deserve to be in prison?
Worship no, but trying to understand what he is trying to achieve here, and approve it, YES. Twitter is full of spoiled and mediocre workers that are earning big money for essentially doing nothing. There are some videos on the internet where Twitter employees themselves share what was their normal work day. Elon wants to transform Twitter and to do so, he must first cut the fat accumulated through the years and stop practices that have been in place for many years. This hurts. I'm optimistic that he will find the way. There are many many great professionals all around the globe that are eager to join Twitter in this new transformational phase. People that are ready to work very hard to achieve excellency.
As long as an attentive driver is required behind the wheel, he hasn't made "self driving cars" in any meaningful way.
I'll believe it when robo taxis become a thing beyond a few highly constrained areas.
I do like that Tesla has done a lot to increase the popularity of electric cars, though.
They are great! But I'll believe the Mars colony claims when I see it happen.
Can you show me an actual case where an "open source" product from a Musk company has helped another company? Not saying there isn't, I'm just curious.
Can he do Facebook next?
Desalination has been done in Israel for a few years, it could be an alternative for sure. The money could be used for a lot of things that would improve the world as a whole, not erradicate world hunger in its entirety, but reduce its impact significantly as well as other problems.
Problem of the world is man.
It’s a non essential tech company - if it folds it folds - Elon is here to save or bury it - either way the journey so far with him has been perfect popcorn moments all round….keep on going boss !
He had said that all employees needed to work from the office 40 hours a week.
Or dear, the employees think this an unreasonable amount of time to be in the office. Working a five day week, 8 hours per day, this is the typical working hours for office work
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Didn't Steve fire most Apple employees in the nineties? Except that people didn't have social media to complain back then, and weren't that entitled.
He's just weeding out the lazy rif raf....well done Elon 👏
Hundreds of Twitter employees today resigned from the company rather than opting in to be part of "Twitter 2.0" under Elon Musk, according to The Verge. Musk earlier this week told workers that Twitter will be "extremely hardcore" going forward, with employees expected to put in long hours at high intensity. "Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade," he said.
Musk on Wednesday sent out a Google form and asked employees to respond "Yes" by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday if they wanted to stay at the company. Hundreds decided not to, and have said their goodbyes in Slack and on Twitter. Departing employees will receive a severance package.
When he took over Twitter, Musk laid off approximately half of the 7,500 employees that were at the company at the time, and since then, he has continued firing employees who have been critical of him, including longtime engineers.
Twitter employees that spoke to The Verge said that given the number of people that have left, Twitter could "start breaking soon" and that it will be "extremely hard for Twitter to recover."
With the exodus of employees, Twitter temporarily closed all office buildings and suspended badge access. According to Zoë Schiffer, Musk and his team are "terrified employees are going to sabotage the company."
In the final hours ahead of the deadline, Musk reportedly attempted to convince employees to stay. Bloomberg says that key staff were brought into meetings and Musk also walked back his in-office work demands. He had said that all employees needed to work from the office 40 hours a week, but today he said that working from home was allowed with monthly in-person meetings and managerial approval.
At the current time, Musk's first initiative is on pause as Twitter makes changes. Last week, Twitter introduced a more expensive $8 version of Twitter Blue that included a verification badge, and it turned out that debuting widespread verification led to account impersonation that impacted numerous companies.
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Just because people work like that does not mean it's right because I hear that argument alot when when it comes to the corporate world, corporates expected to work 70+ hours a week and that is the norm therefore everyone else is expected to follow suit. No.
That doesn’t mean its right.
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This can’t be a serious take…
Maybe your advice could be used to let you get some sleep. Just step away from the keys. LOL 😂
As long as it's clear in the contract, then it's fair game. The employees know what they are going in for, and can make better decision. At least it's not in many other companies who said 40 hours week but then implicitly require you to be 75 hours week. I'd rather see the company being upfront about the working requirement and condition.
Well let’s not work for Elon then. I don’t see why salaried employees should go to the point of burn-out in order to help out his investments. There is very little evidence that more hours worked actually results in a good business result.
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