Hundreds of Twitter Employees Leaving After Elon Musk's 'Extremely Hardcore' Work Demands

[camarograna2]

Eat the rich

It's remarkable how many people worship Elon's "success." This is a person who has never had to worry about the consequences of his own failure actually harming his ability to survive demanding that everybody else damage their lives and relationships so that the BILLIONAIRE can "succeed"?

No thanks.

 

[karnac]

good, see ya later. even the largest social media networks should not need more than a small team of IT engineers to monitor traffic and adjust accordingly with tools already built. all of these employees were likely just liberal censorship squads.

 

[SpotOnT]

I bet the ones that stay, work hard and excel will get VERY RICH

I know - something hard to understand for those who are offended when it rains

And, who try to crap on everyone else’s success

Well Musk will get very rich….

There is no reason to suspect he is going to pay people more for working those 80 hr weeks.

 

[Guda.FL]

I wish those who resigned would reconsider. Most people tend to over value their skill sets as well as overestimating the importance of their job function - ‘Company X can’t function with me doing XYZ!’ Without thinking that in 3 month, when the money runs out they will all be back calling the same recruiters fighting for the same job. I understand the ideology and cred you get behind quitting together on the internet. But those don’t earn you actual money. Many never experience the dark recession of 2000s or even 2008s and still think they can go to next door and get a job right away, because they had worked in technology. It’s really unfortunate, and many will find it out the hard way.

Truth right here. there are only a small pocket of companies that offered so many perks short of someone wiping your ass for you. It is not like that out there.

 

[throwaway572937]

This is so trashy it is actually entertaining

 

[JM]

This email he sent just seemed to be a warning that the employees will have to do actual work if they want to stay at Twitter.

I don’t think he’s serious about 80 hour work weeks… and warning about hard work just weeds out the lazy whiners.

 

[loteq]

Looking forward to a revitalized Twitter. If you’ve got house cleaning to do Best do it quick so you can figure out who the right team is, and start the work. Twitter was a fat and entitled company doing nothing. It’ll be a trim and agile startup culture when it gets through the turmoil.

 

[Kierkegaarden]

The people who stay will be people who think they'd have a hard time finding another job. People with impeccable credentials and abilities will have no trouble finding a new job.

I don’t agree — some people may stay because they believe in the product, and others may stay because they believe in their leader. The ones with less talent and marketable skills will eventually get worked out of the system.

 

[macsplusmacs]

thankfully the new "twitter" will not be born out of this dumpster fire.

and hopefully the new one will see what worked and what didn't and take it to heart.

 

[BootLoxes]

If you a women, 30+, I understand, you can have different life priorities. Families, kids and yourself are more important.

Why is this for women only? Why can't us men prioritize our families, kids, and ourselves?

We only get one life and I am not going to be laying on my deathbed wishing I had worked more. Just the thought of my kids not being around because I chose work over them would keep me up at night.

Does not matter if you are a man or a woman, work is just a means to an end. It is a way to provide you with the resources to enjoy your life doing the things you want with the people you love.

Sure, everyone should absolutely work hard an advance their career, but not to the point it takes priority over your family.

 

[bgarnett]

It seems like such a toxic environment in which to work. Not that I’d like to see Twitter shut, but I’d not blame remaining employees leaving given Musk’s unrealistic demands.

 

[summiter]

It’s not even worth it anymore. Peace & family time over anything. Twitter will end up like MySpace or it will go bankrupt. It’s coming!

Nah.

 

[Red Oak]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1593426364262031360

 

[michaele11111]

Thankfully, something will come up and replace it.

Twitter created a great "commons". There is a need for that still on the internet.

It will arrive.

But not from Enron.

The world would be better off if there were no replacement.

Social media is the single most destructive influence in the world today.

 

[Sora]

WOW!!!!!

We are witnessing the real time destruction of Twitter by the guy on the hook for the $44 billion boondoggle he paid for.

Actual view of Twitter's bank account:

The Dunning-Kruger effect is real. People often over estimate their abilities as managers, CEO’s, because they are successful in other domains.
Indeed we are witnessing something great. This will be another case for business schools across the globe to study and dissect and learn what “not to do”.

 

[Rogifan]

Wow the cult of Musk rivals that of a certain other person who shall remain nameless. For this cult there’s nothing Musk could do that they wouldn’t think was brilliant or 4D chess or something.

 

[spinnn999]

What a problematic response. What Elon is pushing here is clearly wage theft. He's exposed Twitter to so much liability from the folks he has fired, I'll be surprised if he doesn't end up with a class action employment lawsuit.

Seriously, @Seoras, you should feel bad about the anti-worker sentiment in that remark. An employer is not entitled to more work for the same money.

In addition, this can only be wildly counterproductive. The people who stay on won't be the most competent nor the most driven - they'll be those who are too financially insecure to risk a period of joblessness, or those who have little else to do, besides be at work.

 

[Rogifan]

What are the chances this was sabotage?

By who?

 

[michaele11111]

Don’t quit. Just show up for work and do as little as possible until you get fired. Then you can collect unemployment benefits for a while.

No Dave. Act with character and integrity and quit. Why do the rest of us have to pay someone for a fraudulent unemployment claim? Guess where the money comes from >TAXPAYERS

 

[Shirasaki]

Oh wow. So the most hilarious moment of the second half employee Workforce voluntarily leaving is happening right here right now? Wow I’m a genius predicting the future! /s
Let everyone left still working for Twitter leave, teach Elon Musk a hard lesson on how to treat their employees. You can’t copy apple by pretending you are Steve Jobs 2.0.

 

[MrMojo1]

Musk may want Twitter shut down by Dec 2022 to get his tax write off.

www.captiongenerator.com/v/2283460/hitler-reacts-elon-musk-edition

 

[Rogifan]

"Whoever you are—I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."

-Blanche Dubois, 'A Streetcar Named Desire.'

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Maybe that's how he will pull it off.

Free labor from people who have no idea how Twitter infra works.

Good.

God.

This is his Twitter bio: “Helping the 10% structure their info diet like the 1% to make better decisions, and get better outcomes | Practical advice below”

And his pinned tweet from 2020:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1273372056176869376

His twitter timeline is interesting to say the least.

 

[macsplusmacs]

Oh.

No one Biznesses like Enron Biznesses!

No worries. We are not at the same level as his thinking.

ALLL is according to plan. 4D chess he plays.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1593425305464541186

 

[Rafterman]

good, see ya later. even the largest social media networks should not need more than a small team of IT engineers to monitor traffic and adjust accordingly with tools already built. all of these employees were likely just liberal censorship squads.

Not allowing lying, misinformation, racism and threats of violence is not censorship.

 

[Rogifan]

This email he sent just seemed to be a warning that the employees will have to do actual work if they want to stay at Twitter.

I don’t think he’s serious about 80 hour work weeks… and warning about hard work just weeds out the lazy whiners.

Man the cult of Musk is really strong.