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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.
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Sounds nice until they piss, shit, and do drugs everywhere and get your entire company evicted by the building owner.
This is the sad truth. I used to live nearby Twitter HQ and that description is unfortunately accurate to my experience, of the majority of the homeless who spent time at Van Ness and Market Street SF. HOUSING is what is needed, for sure though. Just be serious about it, and not "diamond-mine trust-fund hyper vigilant ego-abusive maniac" about it.
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Yeah I think general consensus is that twitter was bloated and I'm guessing a lot of people were skimming by not doing much (or stuck doing things that amounted to not much). Elon's methodology isn't the best way forward though. Ugh idk.
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.
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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 fo…
I guess I'll just buy my own.
Surprising the system appears to run efficiently without the extra 7000 employees.
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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.
Tell that to all my colleagues who don’t have a job anymore.
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According to what data? Here is a map I came across recently (with references that checks out): https://i.redd.it/3tmf1l3g38n91.png From https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/xbh97v/obe...
Huh, what’s going on in Colorado?
Darn! I was hoping their excess and vanity was rich enough to warrant them buying Aeron chairs. Who wants a Generation by Knoll? I guess I'll just buy my own.