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Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by mythhouse »

elygre wrote: post #91
mythhouse wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I worked at twitter's data engineering org in 2018. It was the most relaxed work culture I've experienced. Great WLB ( code for its ok to coast) . Spent my winters working from ski resorts and ski lodges. My mental and physical health were at all time high.

Why is “great WLB” code for “ok to coast”? What does one write for actual great WLB, without the coasting?

> What does one write for actual great WLB, without the coasting?

what is 'actual great WLB' ?

Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by ThePadawan »

cyberpunk wrote: post #67
influx wrote: post #55

I always think about the $10,000 couch in the lobby of the Seattle Twitter office that no one ever sat on. Twitter wasted money on shit that didn’t matter for years.

10k is really not that much for a lobby worthy couch…

10k doesn't even buy you 2 Barcelona chairs.

And those aren't even comfortable.

Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by yreg »

LightG wrote: post #22
defrost wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's more than the whiff of a move to Texas in the wind.

By the time they make the move, they'll be able to fit all the staff in a campervan. They can take a road trip over to Texas.

Why is the sibling comment flagged and dead?

Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by prepend »

SanjayMehta wrote: post #86
lapcat wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reddit has an army of unpaid moderators. Not to mention the Reddit users who upvote and downvote. Also, politicians and other important public figures don't use Reddit like they use Twitter.

Anyone know why those unpaid mods do what they do? It's like a cult.

Have you ever started an irc channel? For me, it’s kind of like that. I mod some subreddits because I am interested in the topics and want to talk about it and help others talk about it.

I spend maybe five minutes a year on it, so it’s more of a responsibility than a labor.

As far back as I remember there’s always been bbs moderators. And almost always unpaid.

I think Reddit would be worse if mods were paid because then the positions would be more sought after and tried to run as a job.

I don’t think Twitter has equivalent moderation.

Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by wildrhythms »

awiesenhofer wrote: post #54

Looking at all these Google Jamboards for sale makes me think, anyone using a Jamboard, Surface Hub or similar at home or for wfh?

At a previous employer on GSuite we had directors and other higherups demand Jamboards for their office space as a dedicated device to take meetings from.

Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by yreg »

SanjayMehta wrote: post #86
lapcat wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reddit has an army of unpaid moderators. Not to mention the Reddit users who upvote and downvote. Also, politicians and other important public figures don't use Reddit like they use Twitter.

Anyone know why those unpaid mods do what they do? It's like a cult.

Many people like to moderate online communities, it was the same in the age of phpBB forums. Can be explained with both charitable and non-charitable qualities.

Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by influx »

cyberpunk wrote: post #67
influx wrote: post #55

I always think about the $10,000 couch in the lobby of the Seattle Twitter office that no one ever sat on. Twitter wasted money on shit that didn’t matter for years.

10k is really not that much for a lobby worthy couch…

The point is they didn’t need any couch there. Or could have gotten something comfortable from ikea and maybe wouldn’t have had to sell their company to Elon and had all this useless shit auctioned off.

Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by somehnacct3757 »

tjpnz wrote: post #57
kzrdude wrote: post #4

Selling off a twitter bird statue makes it look bad. What a signal that the company doesn't believe in itself anymore.

I'm surprised nobody walked out the door with it as a trophy. It's not unusual for things to go missing when a company goes through an acquisition.

There is one lot of 10 jamboard stands, which makes you wonder where 10 jamboards went

Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by sio8ohPi »

bombcar wrote: post #12
denton-scratch wrote: post #7

A lot of that stuff doesn't seem to be "office supplies". There's quite a lot of pro kitchen equipment in there. It looks as if they've broken down a big office canteen.

They famously shut down the free meals.

That's wild. It's untaxed comp that minimizes the time employees need to spend thinking about food during the day. He's mandating employees come back to the office for long hours, but now they need to (at least) order and receive their own lunches and dinners? If he's trying to retain some sort of high-intensity hardcore ninja startup bullshit, I would think free food would be the last thing cut. Or is he planning for them to subsist on nothing but soylent?

I've not been impressed by Musk, but this feels like the most boneheaded thing I've heard about his management yet.

Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by maxerickson »

influx wrote: post #107
cyberpunk wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

10k is really not that much for a lobby worthy couch…

The point is they didn’t need any couch there. Or could have gotten something comfortable from ikea and maybe wouldn’t have had to sell their company to Elon and had all this useless shit auctioned off.

Twitter didn't sell out of desperation, the offer was way above what the company was worth. A court was on the cusp of forcing the deal through when it finally moved forward.

So think of it as a $15,000 couch being liquidated.

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