Posted on 11/19/2022 5:07:17 AM PST by Libloather
A Twitter employee shared a video online showing employees of the social media site who rejected an ultimatum from Elon Musk count down the seconds until they're set to be let go on Thursday night.
Musk told Twitter staff this week that they would either commit to an "extremely hardcore" version of the company or reject it and resign, with a deadline of 5 p.m. ET on Thursday.
Less than half of the company's remaining 4,000 employees accepted the offer to stay, Insider's Kali Hays reported.
"30 seconds left - 35 seconds," the employee says in the video, posted Thursday just after 5 p.m. ET.
He then pans the camera to show four other individuals huddling together in an empty office, where a "Love Where You Work" sign glows in the background.
"Everybody here, we're all about to get fired from Twitter. I've been ... nine years and nine months now," the former employee says. He then asks the other former employees how long they worked at the company.
One man says they worked at Twitter for over nine years. Another said four years and two months. "Nine years and a month," another former worker says.
"Happy New Year," he finally ironically cheers as the deadline passes. Another employee throws his hands in the air.
"Let's try the badges," the employee goes on to say, apparently referring to the security badges that allow them access to the building. Twitter abruptly shut down its offices Thursday after the mass resignation.
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“Something very comforting and satisfying watching some of the cancel culture police get fired.”
They clearly don’t understand the compact between the employer and the employee. The employee does what the employer says, or the employee gets replaced. It seems their entire generation views the world as a place where they do what they want, and someone pays them for it. Amazing. How did that happen?
Comparing Twit ex-employees to McDonalds employees is like comparing baseball - where they call a game due to some rain - and football where they play in snow and subzero temperatures.
Please, the employees at McDonalds can’t telecommute,
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Actually McDonald’s attempted this. They tried to have the drive up widow be answered remotely where the staff would take the order and then enter it into the locations computer.
An idea ahead of it’s time (and technology, poor sound quality and delay between the order and order reaching the store put an end to the experiment).
It’s too bad Musk didn’t install robotic doors that could be programmed to hit them on the ass on the way out.
They’ll learn or they won’t.
As the economy is taking a downturn, jobs like these are the first to be axed. Happened twice now in the last 25 years. No one needs someone who just approves content.
Mom....I’m home....
Perfect!!! Lol!
There will be a lot of regret. It’s ok though, they are in California, I am sure their mortgages are not that large.
...for good this time.
I wonder if they are all smirking now.
-PJ
But Sl0Bama said the economy’s red hot, so no worries
About a year ago my employer sent out an email about a reorganization at the top with a new CEO and a couple others.
I read the email, shrugged and went back to work.
I don’t interact with the CEO that much but have found him to be a great guy.
Actually, the first time we met was at a company lunch. My job is mid-level but fairly high profile so I’m pretty well known. As he was walking by, he stuck out his hand and said “Oh, you’re cyclotic.”
I said something like, “well, that can be taken several ways.”
I was never terminated from a job. But then again I never acted like a Drama Queen with an entitlement complex.
Lots of real workers out there to pick from
This just reminds me that I am happy I grew up before everyone had a video camera. I have done some stupid things in my life and fortunately they did not leave a scar or a video record.
As Forest Gump would say, “stupid is as stupid does”
They can probably pick up a gig at Google. They have the same mental condition as pre-Musk Twitter.
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