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Some people have families and a life outside of work. We sure as heck ain't staying until 1am for anybody.
Been reading a lot of hate on twitter, reddit, and here about how elon is handling twitter. Personally, I love the energy in this picture, want to work at twitter more now than before, and believe they have a good chance of doing great work. What I see in the picture is organic connection. It's really easy in tech for everyone to get siloed, working on assigned tasks without communication. Greatness comes from the sh…
This is after he fired over half the company and threatened the rest with unemployment if they didn't come in. This is not organic. This is coercion.
As the comment says, it would be interesting to interact with the richest person on earth. Short of that, I have no idea why anyone would think it's fun or anything to be in that atmosphere. He could change direction on a whim and make you redundant in a second.
I guess different people want different things, but I would have flown across the country to be in that room at 1am. A startup sized team working on a platform with twitters scale for a boss with capital and a willingness to consider new ideas? Once in a lifetime opportunity.
Some people have families and a life outside of work. We sure as heck ain't staying until 1am for anybody.
I have a family and a life outside of work, and I can’t count how many all nighters I have pulled in 35+ years of my career. Sometimes you need to do them. Of course I was raised in a generation that believed it was in our best interest that our company’s were successful…
Some people have families and a life outside of work. We sure as heck ain't staying until 1am for anybody.
I’m not giving up time with kids and getting shot so boss can meet a deadline.
The difference is those events were chosen. If you are forced to remain at your company (due to visa issues for example) being forced by your CEO to stay at work until 1am is atrocious.
This is not a profession where being at the office this late is the norm and it's not typical for the environment.
Twitter is not a startup in any way shape or form. It was clearly just valued at 44 billion dollars, no startup is worth that much ;).
This is an executive abusing his power, forcing individuals to do as they say. There is little choice and free will being exercised.
Maybe some of the people do want to be there and are happy to do so; I don't believe this is the case. It is naive to think it would be.
Hackathons, staying up late working on a passion or hobby by choice can be fun. Being forced to for your profession and by the new CEO who has fired and caused over 70% of the company to leave doesn't fall under that category.
I can't imagine there would be a large funnel looking to work there after this.
I am amazed by how polarizing this seems to be. Some of my best memories are from previous startups with this exact 1am energy. This is how shared mental models are built, shit gets done, and shared suffering cements lifelong bonds.
Twitter isn't a startup. The folks in this picture don't have the same risk/reward as their counterparts at a startup would.
Some people have families and a life outside of work. We sure as heck ain't staying until 1am for anybody.
Got put on corrective action for refusing to stay until 1am . For the second night in a row. Company was in a bad part of town. Most of the people were just goofing off anyway. Wiped computer. Went home and emailed that I quit. I’m not giving up time with kids and getting shot so boss can meet a deadline.
This ^ or the fact that such hours usually yield low productivity so are a waste of time. Working long hours just because is not my thing.