Elon Musk Fired 99.4% Of Twitter Staff And The Site Is Still Running So Far

Twitter ^ | 09/18/22 | Tim Pool

[Campion]

Sure, the site still runs. Now try to fix a problem. Then try to implement a new feature. Good luck!!

[outofsalt]

Musk for president! Fedzilla needs to do the same.

[Karma_Sherab]

Computers are like that. Systems can run for years of you don’t screw with it. Yep..until I get into the code.

[aquila48]

The same could be done at FB, Google, and all other social media sites.

Look how few people it takes to run FR!

[mjp]

I just tried to read twitter posts and got this message:

Error Something went wrong, but don’t fret — it’s not your fault. Let’s try again.

it is 8:44 here

[ClearCase_guy]

If this works it will be a case study for all MBA training.

Twitter is probably an extreme case, but people ought to realize that many companies and many industries have too many employees. There is the old formula that 20% of the workers do 80% of the work. That's true almost everywhere. And think about government! Probably very much like Twitter: fire 99% of government employees and nothing much would happen.

If this realization sinks in ... we could see tremendously reduced levels of employment. Work gets done. "Stuff" is produced. And about 80% of the population sits at home with nothing to do.

Once can debate precise numbers, but I think we are rapidly headed to a future with greatly reduced need for human labor. Plumbers will be fine. Certain job categories will be fine. But a lot of the workers out there will not be needed and that's going to be a huge problem.

[ShadowAce]

Hot dog, soda, and a bag of chips, $3.00 $8.00.

Fixed it.

[ansel12]

Yep, better.

[KevinB]

99.4% isn’t that Ivory soap’s germ killing percentage?…(99.44%)

Anyone recognize the woman in that picture? :-)

[mware]

That man needs to be in charge of hiring and firing in the federal government.

[crusty old prospector]

Rush Limbaugh’s accuracy rate?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

“””Elon fired 99.4% of twitter staff and the site is still running so far.”””

If only Elon Musk had bought the United States Government and done the same.

Elon Musk has offered to buy the FBI for $100 million.

No word on whether Hillary Clinton will sell.

[The Antiyuppie]

In the 80’s, jokes went through companies via fax. One cartoon that stuck with me was a drawing of a sign that said:

OUR NEW INCENTIVE PLAN:

WORK OR BE FIRED

[grey_whiskers]

99.4% isn’t that Ivory soap’s germ killing percentage?…(99.44%)

Marketing gimmick; the 99.44% was referring to the color
("99 44/100% pure white")

[mware]

...and Facebook is beginning to follow his plan of operations.

[The Antiyuppie]

The productivity of this country drops almost every time a Boomer retires.

[mac_truck]

[metmom]

Love it…..

[ansel12]

“”Twitter is probably an extreme case, but people ought to realize that many companies and many industries have too many employees. There is the old formula that 20% of the workers do 80% of the work. That’s true almost everywhere.””

In my early days at FR I learned something that was huge to me.

Having worked for myself most of my life I was puzzled how at about 5:00pm FR postings would die out and I was mystified until many posters told me that was when work let out.

I didn’t know that people were doing this internet stuff while at work, and was really shocked to learn that was where MOST of it was done from.

[SgtHooper]

Elon needs to immediately, get code operational that sniffs out accounts and other data being leaked to the rat leaders and orgs! Then pursue ex-employee charges and governmental charges to incarcerate these a$$holes.