Comment on It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoYou think Twitter is the same as before Elon took over? ಠ_ಠ
Comment on It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoYou think Twitter is the same as before Elon took over? ಠ_ಠ
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
To an MBA educated exec, it might.
MajorHavoc@programming.dev 1 year ago
Even an MBA educated exec can read the stock price trend… But I guess I’m making the “no one is that stupid” argument… And I know in my heart I’m on the wrong side. Somehow, some executives absolutely are that stupid.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I mean, the signs were there, Elon wasn’t exactly silent about his plans for Twitter and investors gave him a lot of money to proceed. Clearly there is plenty stupid.
EnderMB@lemmy.world 1 year ago
From a tech workers perspective, Twitter has long been known for having a resilient infrastructure, so it’s hardly surprising that when Elon (literally) ripped servers out of the wall, some things stayed up.
Sure, they had a lot of issues since Elon took over, but I’d say that many of them are due to the new features that Elon sticky-taped on. Twitter’s solid tech infrastructure was one of the reasons why I always wanted to work there, so I’m doubly-sad to see it go to shit under Musk.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Agreed and this is the reason I think is possible to hollow it out without it falling apart. Then some other guy with 5 extra brain cells is probably like - “I wonder how much labor I can hollow out, till shit starts cracking. So long as I don’t pull any public stunts like Elon and I don’t go beyond the cracks… I will swear to be really sorry to be letting people go. 🤔💸”
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
To an MBA educated exec, it might look like a roughly $30 billion dollar loss in value. But I can tell you’re not educated because the real issue is advertiser and user numbers dropping at an alarming rate.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
You can tell eh? 😂 Now consider the point of view that you can have the labor trimming without the additional massive mismanagement by Elon that caused advertisers and users fleeing.
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Yep, I can definitely tell now. What are you even talking about? Could these things perhaps, maybe, possibly balance out? No… Users and advertisers are actively fleeing the platform. The platform that has lost over 70% of its value. Saving on labor, outweighs a 30 billion dollar loss in shareholder value? It’s clear you don’t understand business but surely you can do simple math.