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Musk issues ultimatum to staff: Commit to 'hardcore' Twitter or take severance [View all] jerseyjim Nov 2022 OP

Hello snowybirdie Nov 2022 #1

Thank you. It feels good to be welcomed! jerseyjim Nov 2022 #4

Well, you nailed your first post AND Musk. Welcome! hlthe2b Nov 2022 #5

I see a lot of Gen Z and Millennials giving Musk the finger while leaving. Cattledog Nov 2022 #2

Right! Has Musk seen the unemployment rate? AllTooEasy Nov 2022 #74

Perfect Roy Rolling Nov 2022 #3

Quality of work is more important than quantity of work Generic Brad Nov 2022 #6

This is the world that The Party of "ME" wants.. jerseyjim Nov 2022 #8

he begs to differ nt barbtries Nov 2022 #41

Wants to destroy Twitter. Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #7

I agree BlueKota Nov 2022 #11

Welcome to DU! GreenWave Nov 2022 #19

Thank you! BlueKota Nov 2022 #21

Musk wants half the remaining workforce to quit. speak easy Nov 2022 #12

Join I agree with you. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #17

I'm just not seeing it in that light Hieronymus Phact Nov 2022 #26

I would agree with you if the destruction had proceeded at a slower pace. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #30

yes DBoon Nov 2022 #63

Exactly. Dictators hate social media. A threat to their regimes. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #68

MUSK and the Saudis Old Okie Nov 2022 #75

Exactly, our enemies are engaged in information warfare against us. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #76

Saudis have been stockholders in Twitter for 10 yrs womanofthehills Nov 2022 #83

Someone else said he bought Twitter thinking it is a technology company, but it's really a community localroger Nov 2022 #33

Agree 100%! nt Shipwack Nov 2022 #50

Many managers/owners think their employees could be replaced by trained monkeys. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #69

He's not an engineer, he's an economist. plimsoll Nov 2022 #49

You have it correct. All of your post. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #71

He's an engineer? Ah, everything makes sense now! Because engineers know everything! GoneOffShore Nov 2022 #98

I think it was, much like himself, petty and small... Javaman Nov 2022 #28

Overpaying for the company, then borrowing against his Tesla stake Miguelito Loveless Nov 2022 #44

Heard this sort of bullshit before at a dot-com Bluejeans Nov 2022 #9

Years ago I worked for the CFO BonnieJW Nov 2022 #39

He's going to lose his celebrity CEO status. plimsoll Nov 2022 #51

Much the same at the division of GE I was at during the Jack Welch nightmare Otto_Harper Nov 2022 #55

Yep, it sounds like a nightmare. catbyte Nov 2022 #10

Oh how ridiculous! Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #13

I think most IT folks have had that experience. plimsoll Nov 2022 #56

Guess what? I wasn't in IT. I was in corporate training. Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #61

Take the severance pay or start taking medications--anxiety, heartburn, maybe anger management class Maeve Nov 2022 #14

There is a great book called "Never Work For A Jerk". Ray Bruns Nov 2022 #15

Now that you completed your first post SallyHemmings Nov 2022 #16

T***** and MAGA Extremists Suck jerseyjim Nov 2022 #66

So he's back to the sweatshop era. GreenWave Nov 2022 #18

Take the severance IronLionZion Nov 2022 #20

I read the average salary at Twitter is $150,000 womanofthehills Nov 2022 #84

As much as IT workforce is in demand across the country (and frankly, everywhere else) Best_man23 Nov 2022 #22

I hope many of these... 2naSalit Nov 2022 #23

the question is, would he actually pay the severance? nt Javaman Nov 2022 #24

"Hardcore"? SomewhereInTheMiddle Nov 2022 #25

I was wondering that too SouthernDem4ever Nov 2022 #78

Actually, I think he is planning to make porn the moneymaker for twitter. yardwork Nov 2022 #90

Take the severance and run! This man is a nightmare. Lonestarblue Nov 2022 #27

The republicans defund the enforcement. The Jungle 1 Nov 2022 #45

It's not just defunding, it's selective. plimsoll Nov 2022 #60

Thanks for the link. Republicans are definitely anti-worker, especially when it comes to wages, Lonestarblue Nov 2022 #64

Do the same rules apply to the "Chief Twit" too? SergeStorms Nov 2022 #29

Now they should all quit. ananda Nov 2022 #31

Musk is a fool of intergalactic proportions. NoMoreRepugs Nov 2022 #32

Welcome to DU, jerseyjim! Thanks for this post. What a horrible person Musk is. Tanuki Nov 2022 #34

If they take severance, he doesn't have to pay unemployment for laying them off. Pobeka Nov 2022 #35

Unemployment has a maximum IbogaProject Nov 2022 #58

Ok. Thanks. Bad assumption on my part. Pobeka Nov 2022 #59

Happy First Post Ever! PatSeg Nov 2022 #36

Welcome. And a great first OP. I am with you. Tyrant bosses can go to hell. niyad Nov 2022 #37

Family money comes from practically slaving the emerald mines ... so be aware of what he means JT45242 Nov 2022 #38

I always enjoyed quitting. The Jungle 1 Nov 2022 #40

Welcome, jerseyjim! BadgerMom Nov 2022 #42

Musk should be Trump's campaign manager nt duhneece Nov 2022 #43

What a Pig! cactusdave Nov 2022 #46

From the Bush II days, buy apropos, Elon 3825-87867 Nov 2022 #47

Take the severance or better yet join Anonymous. Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #48

Quit the Twit CaptainTruth Nov 2022 #52

So anyone with the skills to find another (better) job will run like hell... Grokenstein Nov 2022 #53

He bought it to make the libs pay Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #54

Tesla and Space-X aren't much better. That's why it's called "Slave-X" nattyice Nov 2022 #57

WTF exactly does "hardcore" Twitter even mean. Texin Nov 2022 #62

"hardcore" - twitter porn ?! - n/t Locrian Nov 2022 #80

Great first OP! JudyM Nov 2022 #65

Welcome to DU, jerseyjim! dchill Nov 2022 #67

LOL azureblue Nov 2022 #70

4 choices zipplewrath Nov 2022 #72

Sounds like porn Kennah Nov 2022 #73

i have seen this in retail and fast food. promote someone from hourly to salary give them a title dembotoz Nov 2022 #77

Does anyone know what they'd be committing to? What's the definition of harcore Twitter? Martin68 Nov 2022 #79

I'd imagine that it's anything Musk wants it to mean cactusdave Nov 2022 #86

Sounds like hardcore Musk. Martin68 Nov 2022 #91

this could get interesting.... Locrian Nov 2022 #81

Removing Twitter from the social media sphere will give rise purr-rat beauty Nov 2022 #82

Twice as many Democrats post on Twitter than Republicans womanofthehills Nov 2022 #85

maybe this is part of his campaign to wreck it treestar Nov 2022 #87

Welcome to DU, Jerseyjim! PlanetBev Nov 2022 #88

The repugs love this guy. Just as long as their jobs are secure t hey The Third Doctor Nov 2022 #89

"Commit to Twitter hardcore" means "do whatever I tell you to do, without question, or Martin68 Nov 2022 #92

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Nov 2022 #93

What's in it for them? XorXor Nov 2022 #94

Musk says: Aussie105 Nov 2022 #95

Musk has reached his peak on the Peter principal. Woodwizard Nov 2022 #96

Trickle-down toxicity Politicub Nov 2022 #97

Well, that's a great way to lose his best employees n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2022 #99