I would go the other way and claim the other professions you mentioned must be the coddled ones. How little must they actually have responsibility for in their personal life if they can just fly across country at a moments notice? I can’t do that, I have responsibilities to take care of that are way more important than stroking some guys ego.

Lawyers and bankers a) don't fly on their own dime, b) have huge potential financial upside in getting those deals done.

These employees are in the same situation.

a) will be using Twitter expenses to fly (company credit card or reimbursed)

b) may keep their 6-figure jobs.

Could you explain to me who you think is processing reimbursements when AR/AP seems to have all quit? Ditto for company cards--most company cards I've had have fallback personal obligations if the company refuses to pay for a charge. What assurances do any of these people have that they won't be stuck with the check?

A Twitter developer can get a "6-figure job" just about anywhere pretty quickly, and many can get ones that haven't just gutted their total comp by going private. What's the point, exactly?

That is part of their job. They are likely well paid for that disruption to their lives (or should be, I honestly don't know).

This is not part of what the engineers signed up for and has nothing to do with being "coddled"

if i was a remote at twitter i would go just to satisfy my curiosity. It would be one hell of an experience to witness Musk in all his crazy and what the plans are. Back in reality, I think my expectations would be solidly set on jumping ship within 30 days though.

Loyer's and Bankers know that's part of the job depending on where they work. When going over job expectations at all of my jobs traveling with one days' notice was never expected.

By this logic the vast majority of workers in any industry are coddled