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 smoldesu on Friday December 02, 2022 @03:15PM (#33836255)

Managing satellites is labor-intensive. Setting up a really big database and talking to advertisers is not rocket science. Both companies could probably operate with a lower headcount, but Twitter is fat and everyone knows it. They're not worth $44 billion in their wildest dreams, and they've already been hemorrhaging revenue for the better half of a decade. An operationally viable Twitter does not include 7500 employees, unless ~6000 of them are working on something other than Twitter.

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Re:Twitter engineer: I thought I’d been hacked. It turned ou... by themitigating on Saturday December 03, 2022 @04:20PM (#33847483)

This statement

"but Twitter is fat and everyone knows it"

Everyone knows it because it's what everyone on the right has been stating without evidence for weeks. You've heard it so much it's become like an obvious fact even though you can't point to any hard evidence. I say this because you make statements like that. As if you are saying "The capital of France is Paris".

You also said

"Twitter does not include 7500 employees, unless ~6000 of them are working on something other than Twitter."

How do you know how many employees it takes? How do you know 1500 is all they need? You just keep making statements without any backing them up nor do I think you can unless you're C level at Twitter

Also any company might be losing money with staff being the main reason but still need that level of staff.

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