Twitter is already improved IMHO: The "sign in or sign up" nag screen is gone for me!
It is for me until I scroll down.
Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
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#72Did 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…
My understanding is that the WARN notice does not apply when employees are terminated for cause. This has the extra "benefit" of not having to pay out unemployment claims.
Terminating for cause is a lot more work. You need to prepare documentation etc in case the employee sues you. Layoffs are very safe in comparison.
Re: Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
#73Twitter is already improved IMHO: The "sign in or sign up" nag screen is gone for me!
https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/30/23430008/elon-musk-twitt...
>He requested that logged out users visiting Twitter.com be redirected to the Explore page that shows trending tweets and news stories, according to employees familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to speak without the company’s permission. Before, visiting Twitter’s homepage while logged out showed only a sign-up form,
Re: Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
#74> Another person familiar with the deal who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters last week said the total number of layoffs is likely to be closer to 50 percent. Unless I’m missing something, the only sources for this article are a mix of speculation and anonymous sources who can’t even agree with each other about the layoff.
This is mainly media workers exploiting current events for traffic, even if their content is misleading. We really need to sort out media corruption and incompetence.
Re: Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
#75Twitter is already improved IMHO: The "sign in or sign up" nag screen is gone for me!
It just appeared for me clicking a link in this post.
Re: Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
#76Seems to be a lot of work at twitter I doubt there will be many devs removed. However he tweeted that there are 10 people managing for every one dev. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1586686935518498816 Also Layoffs before vesting denied. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1586831721386766337 Bring back Vine? https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1586918804780630016
>However he tweeted that there are 10 people managing for every one dev
What would the figure usually be.
You have marketing managers, people managing account maintenance, people managing bot reports, etc etc.
It seems to me, that's almost like complaining that an office or shop has 10 times more managers than maintenance guys. Both are locations where business are carried out rather than the actual business itself.
Re: Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
#77Twitter is already improved IMHO: The "sign in or sign up" nag screen is gone for me!
I switched to the nitter client long ago, but that's down today due to a
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Re: Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unless the sales people are bringing in more than that in sales.
Forgive my ignorance, what are they selling? Is it to bigger advertising clients? Or maybe Twitter has some commercial services I'm not aware of.
yes, large ad contracts with big brands for example, and generally babysitting anybody who spends enough money on ads.
Re: Musk’s inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans
#79quick question here. I'm completely in the dark about US labour law and such but is it possible to lay people off if the sole purpose is to prevent them from receiving stock compensation? Sounds kind of wild given that it seems expected compensation when you signed a contract to work there in the first place.
> Sounds kind of wild given that it seems expected compensation when you signed a contract to work there in the first place.
Contract says you get the stock if you work for a certain period of time at the company. Consequently, if you're fired or quit before that period elapses, you don't get it.
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#80Earlier 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?
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 nice thing is that this goes both ways. If you are an at-will employee you can send an email that says "I resign effective immediately" and walk away and never speak to anyone at that company ever again.