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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by andrewinardeer on Saturday October 29, 2022 @10:02PM (#33390218)
Heaven forbid Tesla engineers decide to feed the homeless during their work hours at the CEOs directive. That's not servicing the publically traded company.
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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by girvo on Saturday October 29, 2022 @10:07PM (#33390258)
Except that’s not what they’re doing, so I’ve no idea why you think that a relevant argument. They’re working for a different public company while being paid by Telsa.
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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by chimeracoder on Saturday October 29, 2022 @10:20PM (#33390357)
> They’re working for a different public company while being paid by Telsa.

Actually, it's worse than that. They're working for a different, private company, one which happens to be owned by the CEO of TSLA, who has a legal and fiduciary duty to the TSLA shareholders.

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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by Sunspark on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:18AM (#33391025)
Why would a TSLA shareholder make a fuss? It is likely that Tesla will bill Twitter for the use of staff resources. Other than that, being on good terms with the owner of Twitter is a possible advertising opportunity/tie-in in the future.
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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by bagacrap on Saturday October 29, 2022 @10:14PM (#33390313)
Twitter is no longer public.
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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by arcticbull on Saturday October 29, 2022 @10:15PM (#33390321)
Not public anymore, they were delisted this past Friday, but the rest of your point stands ofc.
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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by josho on Saturday October 29, 2022 @10:10PM (#33390277)
Your example generates company pr value, employee morale, etc. Meanwhile there is no value being generated to Tesla by moving these engineers to some side project for another company.
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