Elon Musk buying Twitter exposes the great divide

I don't see how half of Twitter's workforce could be eliminated and the website won't be affected. Were the fired employees just sitting around all day, not doing anything? I doubt it. The workload of everybody who's left is going to increase dramatically, which is going to cause many voluntary departures. There is a shortage of tech workers, so unless they were totally useless, they'll probably be able to find another job pretty easily. Time will tell.
 

Elon Musk is alienating folks with his actions. He's going to lose advertising which I saw is a major source of income for Twitter. Now users are going to be charged for one of the features. He fired half the staff and is now facing a class action suit because he didn't give them adequate notice and they got no severance pay. I hope they win! Hell, with all the money he has, he could have given them severance packages out of his own money. :cautious: I'm not on Twitter and don't intend to join, especially not now.

@Shalimar Over the years I remember seeing news tidbits that made me wonder if Musk is playing with a full deck.
 
I don't believe there is any law requiring notice .


Can I fire a US employee without notice?​

Yes, a US employer can fire one of its workers without notice if they want to. That’s because most US employees work under an ‘at will’ arrangement rather than performing their role under an employment contract. US workers are free to resign without notice, and equally, US employers can terminate a role without notice.
 

A. Musk is giving the terminated folks 3 months pay. Sounds like severance to me.

B. Yes you can terminate an individual without notice (assuming no employment contract that says otherwise) but in most states mass layoffs require some sort of advance notice. The 3 months severance pay probably meets this requirement.

C. Twitter CEO/cofounder has stated that they grew the staff too quickly.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/05/twitter-co-founder-jack-dorsey-speaks-out-after-mass-layoffs.html

D. And just to make a few heads explode, here's a link to a Babylon Bee article. Is it "misinformation" or is it satire?
https://babylonbee.com/news/democra...-this-mess-message-not-resonating-with-voters

Have a great day!
 
SeniorBen said:
I hope Musk loses big with Twitter. Although considering he's the richest person in the world, he's probably figured out how to make huge amounts of money even if Twitter goes under.
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If I may ask, why do you wish him failure ? Just jealous ? Or ?

A business failure is surely not good for the employees that remain , and on the broader view, not good for American business in general.
 
rgp said:
If I may ask, why do you wish him failure ? Just jealous ? Or ?

A business failure is surely not good for the employees that remain , and on the broader view, not good for American business in general.
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In a capitalist economy, when one business goes under, another will take its place, so if it happens to Twitter, the employees will have other companies to go to. And there is a severe tech-worker shortage, so they won't have a problem.

As far as being jealous of Musk, well, yeah. He's from a rich family, has a genius IQ and a photographic memory. I could do great things, too, if I had those attributes going for me! :ROFLMAO:

But it's mainly some of the things he's Tweeted in the past few days that makes me want him to fail. I won't specify what they are because they're political, but those are the reasons why. He's bad for American politics and for America in general.
 
Jamala said:
Six months ago I closed my twitter account (my husband did not close his). I am restarting it now because I feel it is better to know what hate is out there instead of sweeping it under the proverbial carpet.
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I too went away from Twitter a few years ago. I also went back on since he has taken the helm. It’s more of a let’s watch how this shakes out.
I am always interested in different views or rather … why one came to their conclusion .
So I might spend my $8.00 for the show.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I read that he borrowed a couple of billion. If he's so rich why did he need to borrow money? I'm sure he'll figure out how to make more money.
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As to the borrowing money in business- I was told “don’t use your own money”. That was SOP (standard operating procedure). If I recall it was under the premise make your personal monies untouchable so if you default the borrower takes the hit.
I did not take this advice when I owned my business and when I closed it I owed no one and had more money then when I started.
 
Paco Dennis said:
Great question. People from all over the world share info on Twitter. Posts have been limited in length. It is controversial because Musk wants the platform free of oversight. Anything goes. It can become a source of misinformation. How can you run a peaceful world with people posting lies and promoting them?
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So the first celeb banned from Twitter is Kathy Griffin for impersonating Elon Musk. Didn't he say he wanted free speech on Twitter? Methinks he has very thin skin.
 
"...the folly of equating financial success with intellect, managerial savvy, and good judgment."
~~from "Elon Musk is Bad at This" by Charlie Warzel, theatlantic.com, 11/7/22
 
officerripley said:
"...the folly of equating financial success with intellect, managerial savvy, and good judgment."
~~from "Elon Musk is Bad at This" by Charlie Warzel, theatlantic.com, 11/7/22
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He's been running the company for about ten days. Tesla and Space-X are pretty successful. You might want to check back in about six months.
 
As Twitter users fret over the direction that new owner Elon Musk is taking the company, masses of users have hopped over to Mastodon, an open source Twitter alternative.

I like open source projects. If I were inclined to follow celebrities and politicians, I'd get on Mastodon to get away from Musk, providing my favorite celebrities and politicians were on Mastodon.
 
SeniorBen said:
As Twitter users fret over the direction that new owner Elon Musk is taking the company, masses of users have hopped over to Mastodon, an open source Twitter alternative.

I like open source projects. If I were inclined to follow celebrities and politicians, I'd get on Mastodon to get away from Musk, providing my favorite celebrities and politicians were on Mastodon.
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I was on Twitter for a short time (didn't like it much) and have said that altho I heard good things about Mastodon, I would never join another site like that. But, now there've been 2 writers I like who've said they've moved to Mast so I applied to join. If I get accepted and join but don't like it, I can always leave, we'll see.
 
SeniorBen said:
As Twitter users fret over the direction that new owner Elon Musk is taking the company, masses of users have hopped over to Mastodon, an open source Twitter alternative.

I like open source projects. If I were inclined to follow celebrities and politicians, I'd get on Mastodon to get away from Musk, providing my favorite celebrities and politicians were on Mastodon.
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So you're not on Twitter but you're complaining about the direction it's taking under Musk. If you were on Twitter, you would leave.

Got it.

I don't eat ice cream, but if I did eat ice cream, I wouldn't eat Ben and Jerry's ice cream because I hate their politics.

Wow, that was easy.
 
SeniorBen said:
As Twitter users fret over the direction that new owner Elon Musk is taking the company, masses of users have hopped over to Mastodon, an open source Twitter alternative.

I like open source projects. If I were inclined to follow celebrities and politicians, I'd get on Mastodon to get away from Musk, providing my favorite celebrities and politicians were on Mastodon.
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I have no use for Twitter, but am glad that there's an open source alternative, me being a Free and Open Source Software fan.
 
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