Re:Elon Musk Is Said to Have Ordered Job Cuts Across Twitter
by bentt on Thursday November 03, 2022 @02:32PM
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Depends where I work.
So there's a spectrum, right? Parag the CEO is probably at one end. Fired, walks with ~$50m. Do you feel bad for him? Is it rude to say "He'll be fine."? No.
Ok now maybe at the other end we've got someone in the rust belt working at a steel mill. No other options. Private equity buys the mill and cans everyone. We both feel bad for that person. Full stop.
I just mean that the average employee of Twitter is way closer to Parag than to the steel mill worker. They're in the Bay. They cashed out at $54.20. There are other places to work. They are educated, connected, and have options. They will also likely get a severance. I think it'd be rude to 90% of the American workforce who struggles every day to not recognize the privilege of the people who will be fired from Twitter by Elon Musk.
So there's a spectrum, right? Parag the CEO is probably at one end. Fired, walks with ~$50m. Do you feel bad for him? Is it rude to say "He'll be fine."? No.
Ok now maybe at the other end we've got someone in the rust belt working at a steel mill. No other options. Private equity buys the mill and cans everyone. We both feel bad for that person. Full stop.
I just mean that the average employee of Twitter is way closer to Parag than to the steel mill worker. They're in the Bay. They cashed out at $54.20. There are other places to work. They are educated, connected, and have options. They will also likely get a severance. I think it'd be rude to 90% of the American workforce who struggles every day to not recognize the privilege of the people who will be fired from Twitter by Elon Musk.