I agree that his actions are likely to create a hostile work environment, at the same time I have no doubt Twitter will be a much more valuable business after he’s done.
These tactics are likely temporary to trigger many resignations, yes. Unlikely to the be the expectation in the long run.
Twitter has been horribly mismanaged for years, and now needs to be restructured. It was simply a vehicle to siphon ignorant investor capital to an unproductive employee base.
Tech employees at large are about to learn that they aren’t quite as special as they thought
If you're gonna do this I'd make sure you CYA, considering he's already let people go for cause.
Here's Andrej Karpathy's (ex-Tesla, even better) take from a couple days ago on Lex's podcast.
I kind of want to apply to Twitter tbh. Sounds like a fun place to work, probably eliminating 90% of the bureaucracy and HR bullshit. Stock alone would be worth it, working with brilliant and motivated people in a high pace environment is becoming rare. Silicon Valley used to do this and it was awesome in the 80’s up until 2000’s.
Are you expecting that Musk demanding people work 100% overtime will make them "highly motivated"?
Like any bully, he is doing this to find out who is easy to pick on, and will keep them around, while dismissing those who are willing/able to fight back.
Life will continue to be miserable to those he keeps around.
My advice to all engineers feeling this pressure -- start looking now. Leave as soon as possible. You are more valuable than what Musk thinks of you.
Those who are in a position to do so -- punch back. Do no, or negative work (if it does not harm teammates who cannot afford to be laid off). Force him to lay you off and give severance.
Bullies do not deserve your time. They deserve to be crushed.