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Twitter in chaos as employees accept Musk’s invitation to quit their jobs

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Re: Twitter in chaos as employees accept Musk’s invitation to quit their jobs

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Is he working though?? It seems to me that he just spends all day on twitter. Not all that different from myself actually, except no one is writing books and stories about me and my mythical 100 hour work weeks.

I suspect he is working but probably has a very short attention span.

Anyone like Musk who has enough time to delve into and write posts about Pelosi hammer attack conspiracy theories is spending way too much time on social media.

Re: Twitter in chaos as employees accept Musk’s invitation to quit their jobs

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I've always wanted to work for Musk, but never felt like I was skilled enough to work on spaceships or cars... But Twitter? I am thinking about applying, so go ahead and quit.

Same! I'll be applying after the dust settles a bit. Sounds fun and exciting.

Re: Twitter in chaos as employees accept Musk’s invitation to quit their jobs

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Interesting that none of these twitter articles are making it to the front page.

It's on the front page now.

First one in days to be honest, usually they only crack 20 votes yet have three times as many comments.

Re: Twitter in chaos as employees accept Musk’s invitation to quit their jobs

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Full self destruction mode will be ready next quarter!

I expect the opposite, massive growth and improvement in the next 12 months.

There will be some hiccups, attacks and slanders pieces in the news.

It will become the place where corruption get exposed if the government don’t manage to close it down.

Quite a show for sure.

Re: Twitter in chaos as employees accept Musk’s invitation to quit their jobs

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post #26

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I suspect he is working but probably has a very short attention span.

There is no way a person in his position has any time for focus. CEOs of big companies (especially in case they manage multiple companies!) usually act as firefighters and mainly mentors to top-management. They need to be able to quickly jump between calls, board meetings, press, Q&A, in matter of minutes. Something very similar is also written in Cal Newport's Deep Work book, where Jack Dorsey's typical day is outli…

Nah, he is just yet another incompetent person who became rich mostly due this parents. He cultivated an image in f being a genius and it worked for a long while, but with Twitter he showed his true capabilities because he had no one who did the actual work.

Re: Twitter in chaos as employees accept Musk’s invitation to quit their jobs

#46

I've always wanted to work for Musk, but never felt like I was skilled enough to work on spaceships or cars... But Twitter? I am thinking about applying, so go ahead and quit.

Looks like you're probably going to be working with a lot of entry level people. If you're desperate and ok with eating shit for a year or two, maybe it's a good place to start.

Re: Twitter in chaos as employees accept Musk’s invitation to quit their jobs

#47

I've always wanted to work for Musk, but never felt like I was skilled enough to work on spaceships or cars... But Twitter? I am thinking about applying, so go ahead and quit.

It's definitely worth working for an utter imbecile at least once. Teaches you to respect decent leaders.

Re: Twitter in chaos as employees accept Musk’s invitation to quit their jobs

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If you're a current Twitter employee and you dislike Musk, do no quit. Job market is super-tight and recession is coming like a freight train. So many companies are doing mass layoffs and hiring freezes. You will have hard time finding another job paying similar salary. No matter how hard things get at Twitter, at least you'll be able to pay the rent and pay for your food. It doesn't matter how good you are, even if…

The people quitting are highly tenured and are n-xers. The job market is tight for the 95th percentile who don't fit in the long tail. They'll all be fine.

Re: Twitter in chaos as employees accept Musk’s invitation to quit their jobs

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's on the front page now.

First one in days to be honest, usually they only crack 20 votes yet have three times as many comments.

I saw two posts about this situation on the front page last night.

Edit, links:

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33647882

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33651048

Re: Twitter in chaos as employees accept Musk’s invitation to quit their jobs

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post #44

Full self destruction mode will be ready next quarter!

I expect the opposite, massive growth and improvement in the next 12 months. There will be some hiccups, attacks and slanders pieces in the news. It will become the place where corruption get exposed if the government don’t manage to close it down. Quite a show for sure.

Who is doing the growing when there's no one left to make stuff and/or those that remain don't know how the current stuff works? If he's going to rehire new people, who is going to want to work in an organization where you are deemed essentially the enemy of growth and are easily expendable?
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