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61. Guess what? I wasn't in IT. I was in corporate training.

Wed Nov 16, 2022, 10:46 AM

Nov 2022

I was conscripted then held by my manager on this douche project. We travelled to regional centers to train suspicious staff on vaporware. We actually had to create fictional screens that weren't yet built, or were built but didn't work right.

The IT folks had it worse than we did, during and after the project. And those IT from India with work visas suddenly received a 30-day deadline to clear out. Others were let go almost immediately.

All because of poor contracting and smoke-and-mirrors management. Some of us on the ground saw this shitshow unfolding and knew it would fail.

Nice, MassMutual, nice.

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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