Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back • Hacker News Board

Re: Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back

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Post by Melting_Harps » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 8:28 AM UTC

idontwantthis wrote: post #8

I need the inside gossip so badly.

> I need the inside gossip so badly.

They should have him on All In this week, since both Jason C. and David S. are assisting with that process and they keep he narrative that the ship is being turned around and cleaning house is what really needed to be done in order to pivot from growth to profit.

If you can't even take into account what staff members you had cause to layoff, after having the former CEO escorted off the premises after having brought in a sink 'for the lulz' than something needs to be done. Then again, it's a private company and he doesn't respond to anyone anymore.

Re: Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 8:28 AM UTC

blueflow wrote: post #3

I feel relieved that Twitter is going downhill. People finally realized it might not be the greatest thing ever and see it more critical.

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Re: Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 8:28 AM UTC

t0mas88 wrote: post #7

> Some of those who are being asked to return were laid off by mistake, according to two people familiar with the moves. Sure, "laid off by mistake" is a way to describe incompetence...

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Re: Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back

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Post by saos » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 8:28 AM UTC

Sorry why did Twitter need 7000. Employees? How many many were engineers?

Re: Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back

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Post by rockzom » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 8:28 AM UTC

Melting_Harps wrote: post #12

> Many employees learned they lost their job after their access to company-wide systems, like email and Slack, were suddenly suspended. The requests for employees to return demonstrate how rushed and chaotic the process was. This is par for Musk corps, literally the day after my interview at Fremont they laid off 9% of total staff in 2018 [0] because of how poorly Model 3 launch had fared in the beginning. I can't go…

"Par for the corps" here is great

Re: Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 8:29 AM UTC

saos wrote: post #24

Sorry why did Twitter need 7000. Employees? How many many were engineers?

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Re: Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 8:29 AM UTC

idontwantthis wrote: post #8

I need the inside gossip so badly.

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Re: Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 8:29 AM UTC

phoe-krk wrote: post #2

Heavy Freenode vibes here.

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Re: Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back

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Post by mkl95 » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 8:30 AM UTC

saos wrote: post #24

Sorry why did Twitter need 7000. Employees? How many many were engineers?

Not sure, but a good hint is that Twitter make most of their money from ads and data. They could have thousands of sales people.

Re: Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back

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Post by throwaway4736 » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 8:33 AM UTC

LadyCailin wrote: post #5

I just really don’t understand how this whole situation has been this badly mismanaged. I fully believe his original offer to be a troll, but then he got stuck with it, but he has since so mismanaged this entire affair that I simply can’t understand how. Is the guy surrounding himself with idiotic advisers? Has he just gotten so far from reality that he can’t make reasonable predictions? Has he gone off some meds? It…

Easy. He’s an overrated, petulant child who no longer has anyone around that is willing to tell him no.