Twitter engineer: I thought I’d been hacked. It turned out I’d been fired

Re:Twitter engineer: I thought I’d been hacked. It turned ou... by tyingq on Friday December 02, 2022 @02:50PM (#33835883)

I think it's more the dichotomy of companies asking for high levels of commitment, loyalty & trust, but offering none in return.

It's funny that they would fire people in this way, then turn around and ask the remaining folks to sign up for "working long (uncompensated) hours at high intensity".

They are trying to have it both ways.

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Re:Twitter engineer: I thought I’d been hacked. It turned ou... by horsawlarway on Friday December 02, 2022 @04:04PM (#33836890)

I mean - no offense... - but if you still think corporate entities have any real loyalty you've clearly not been paying attention for a long time.

I've never seen that attitude last beyond the initial 50 or so employees at a startup, and it sure as fuck doesn't last past the "we're installing monitoring software on all your machines" stage.

Work is what you do to get paid - it's not your family. It's not your friend. Don't treat it like it is.

That doesn't mean don't take it seriously, or respect it - just understand that work is your family like a hooker is your girlfriend - it's only true until the money runs out.

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Re:Twitter engineer: I thought I’d been hacked. It turned ou... by tyingq on Friday December 02, 2022 @07:13PM (#33838757)

I'm not sure if you're directing that at me. We're saying the same thing.

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