Twitter is already improved IMHO: The "sign in or sign up" nag screen is gone for me!
It seems inconsistent now. Sometimes I can scroll for minutes with nothing and other times I get the sign-up pop up right away. Or was it always this way?
Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
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Re: Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the US, there is a fair amount of respect (in business at least) for the idea of “consent to continue the interaction can be revoked with or without cause at any time”. I personally can’t see a good reason why it should be illegal outside the rare edge case where there is only a single employer in a geographical region, and even that unfortunate situation should probably be remediated with a different type of gove…
> I personally can’t see a good reason why it should be illegal There is a big one: the employer/employee is not a balanced relationship, the employer clearly has more power over where things go. So it's absolutely normal to protect the employee from being asked too much, especially when said employee doesn't benefit from the overtime. There is a big bias towards taking companies as important citizens whose needs mus…
> the employer/employee is not a balanced relationship
Sure it is, they want my labor, I want to sell my labor. We agree on a price.
If my price changes, or they are unwilling to buy it any more I find a new person to buy my labor.
I was looking for a job when I found this one, and I will be looking again when I find my next one.
Re: Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
How is it legal to demand people work on weekends? How is it legal to (even threaten) firing if a new assigned task that takes a long time is not done on time?
It's always been legal to ask tech workers to work unpaid OT. Only places like FAANG, and a few others, pay extra for on-call. Usually your contracts doesn't specify time worked per week, only that you finish your work.
Of FAANG I think only Google does that.
Re: Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
#124It seems that Elon thinks that there are too many managers (per coder) there https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1586686935518498816
Its a good narrative to have as you prepare for layoffs.
Re: Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
For salaried, at-will employment, the employer can demand whatever they want and fire you for whatever reason they want. There are exceptions for, like, sexual harassment and racial discrimination, but not for "I disagree with the boss about what is a realistic project timeline".
> the employer can demand whatever they want and fire you for whatever reason they want In the US. I'm glad I work in a country where workers actually have rights.
You probably don't work in a country with a 3.5% unemployment rate.
Re: Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
#126Evidently Musk had Tweeps work all weekend on the new Verified feature lest they get fired, and some were fired "for cause" anyway. https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1587029446061686784
Most of the national/international media has been scrutinizing Twitter all weekend, specifically looking for signs of layoffs. It seems odd that this person would have scooped them all on that? Not saying it's impossible or anything, but it does make me a little suspicious.
Yesterday it was "lay of 25% of workforce today to avoid paying some bonus thingie that kicks in Nov 1". Well, there's still couple of hours in which this may become true, but I don't expect it, and meanwhile I see the bonus angle has been silently dropped.
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#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
>No formal announcement yet folks. This is how you get a press that only uncritically regurgitates press releases.
Yeah it would be horrible if one day we had a press like that. In this case I expect they simply didn’t have enough moveable type to include “Rumor:” at the start of the headline
It's a rumour if you hear it from a friend of a friend. It sounds like they have several credible sources. Whether you trust their vetting of what constitutes a "credible source" is another matter.
Re: Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
#129Twitter is already improved IMHO: The "sign in or sign up" nag screen is gone for me!
Thank god, I stopped clicking twitter links due to this crap
Reddit and Instagram is even worse. Besides cookie boxes (which all have different UIs and rarely a good no button) it's probably the most annoying thing on an ad-blocked internet.
How do the designers who work at these tech companies not understand that repeatedly annoying non-user visitors doesn't make them want to sign up? Nor incentivize others to link to it?
Re: Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
#130Did Twitter file a California WARN notice? If not, they need to do so and give 60 day notice to workers in California. So, don't accept anything that doesn't preserve your rights to your Tuesday equity grant. Details here: https://edd.ca.gov/en/Jobs_and_Training/Layoff_Services_WARN Key Provision: "Layoff of 50 or more employees within a 30-day period regardless of % of workforce. ...." Penalties for Violation: "A po…
I was laid off from another company under a warn notice in NY and I went home the first day and kept getting paid with full benefits for 3 months. I then got a redundancy payment. It was under the condition I couldn't work for another company.