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A Twitter engineer who created cartoons poking fun at his own company was fired

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Re: A Twitter engineer who created cartoons poking fun at his own company was fired

#21
Do what you want, and your employer can do what they want.

In some ideal dream world the management would just grin and move on. In another ideal dream world the employee would be part of the solution instead of taking potshots at management.

In real life this person could be considered a toxic employee that sucks the life out of everyone. Fire them fast. If they don't like their environment they can find another one.

Re: A Twitter engineer who created cartoons poking fun at his own company was fired

#23
> As Musk visited Twitter's San Francisco headquarters last week, Cornet handed him a cartoon with a note that read: "I hope you don't mind a 'court jester' at Twitter or you'll have to get me fired," signed with an emoji sticking his tongue out.

Well, it wouldn't be much of a stretch to say he basically fired himself.

Re: A Twitter engineer who created cartoons poking fun at his own company was fired

#28

>He wrote that after he tweeted a cartoon last year, Twitter HR asked him to take it down, along with one he had posted internally. I do not understand the perceived right some people think they have to publicly harm the entity that is paying them. A private company is paying you to make them money and you accepted the role because you thought it was the most money you could make. If they decide that you have gone ou…

> you thought it was the most money you could make.

Maximum income is not my goal. Livable income, much free time, and minimal taxes is closer to where I would be if I was looking to work at all.

Re: A Twitter engineer who created cartoons poking fun at his own company was fired

#29

Twitter will be gone within a few years, or a shell of its former self.

That might be the greatest gift Elon could give to the world.

We can only hope it triggers the collapse of social media as we know it.

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