Former Twitter VP says Elon Musk is behaving like the local drunk

[highplainsdem]

https://futurism.com/the-byte/ex-twitter-vp-elon-musk-local-drunk

In an interview with the UK's iNews, Bruce Daisley, who worked as the social network's VP for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa until 2020, bemoaned the way Twitter's current owner has tarnished the site, citing Musk's recent kerfuffle with former director Haraldur Thorliefsson, hurtful remarks Musk eventually apologized for.

"A big part of the way we think about our jobs is having a sense of pride about the job we do and where we work," Daisley, who now runs the podcast "Eat Sleep Work Repeat," told iNews. "The more Musk behaves like the local drunk — getting into slanging matches with disabled ex-employees — the less current employees will be proud to say they work there."

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"It’s a little bit like the character in the cartoon who runs off the cliff but doesn’t fall straight away," the ex-exec said. "Initially a lot of commentators were willing to say that the Twitter business was full of slackers, Elon had fired 75 percent of the employees and it was still running."

"Well now Wile E. Coyote has looked down," Daisley concluded, "and realized gravity does apply to him, too."

From that iNews article: https://inews.co.uk/news/pressure-cooker-elon-musk-twitter-2196309 :

“It’s a pressure cooker,” says one remaining staff member, speaking on condition of anonymity. “There are no guidelines. There’s no respect. There’s absolutely zero transparency. It’s awful.”

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No one knows who’s next for the chop. Managers were recently told to provide a list of people who ought to be promoted, says one former staff member still in touch with some who remain working. Little did they realise they were signing their own death warrant: many of those managers were subsequently fired and replaced by those they’d recommended, as part of a cost-cutting drive.

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Those who do work there are also increasingly less frequently actually Twitter employees. Staff at the social media platform grouse that they’re asked to take orders from workers who have been dragooned into Twitter’s ranks from Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk’s other companies. “It’s a disaster,” says one former employee. “It looks like the owner is just throwing people into positions hoping they work out.” Another called the arrivals from Musk’s other companies “clueless” about how to run a social media platform.

[lame54]

1. Otis had more insight and was a better person than Musk

[SheltieLover]

3. Bazinga!

[eShirl]

4. He had the decency to let himself into the jail cell when he deserved it.

Trustworthy enough to have his own jail key.

[Ohio Joe]

2. Being a local drunk... I resent that

[PortTack]

5. Seems a more than apt description!