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Video appears to show Twitter employees who rejected Elon Musk counting down the seconds until they're fired in an empty office
Business Insider ^ | 11/17/22 | Jake Epstein, Tim Levin, Taiyler Simone

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Local News
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; fired; musk; truthsocial; twitter; video
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To: Libloather
Quitting a great paying job on the eve of what may end up being a pretty severe recession is not a good idea
21 posted on 11/19/2022 5:41:54 AM PST by rdcbn1
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan

“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?


22 posted on 11/19/2022 5:43:44 AM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: eeriegeno
Please, the employees at McDonalds can't telecommute, sometimes are working in hot conditions, deal with the public/can't hide behind a corporate wall, get immediate feedback if their product isn't good, and wear a uniform.

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.

23 posted on 11/19/2022 5:44:19 AM PST by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: DoodleBob

Please, the employees at McDonalds can’t telecommute,

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).


24 posted on 11/19/2022 5:51:15 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: Libloather

It’s too bad Musk didn’t install robotic doors that could be programmed to hit them on the ass on the way out.


25 posted on 11/19/2022 5:53:42 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: rdcbn1

They’ll learn or they won’t.


26 posted on 11/19/2022 5:57:45 AM PST by newzjunkey (Vote for Hershel Walker by Dec 6th to stop Warnock (D) in Georgia)
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To: Sacajaweau
In their minds (and the minds of most Gen Zers):
. . . they are world changers
. . . they are irreplaceable
. . . the company can't function without them
. . . their work is too important!
27 posted on 11/19/2022 6:01:41 AM PST by 100%FEDUP
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To: Libloather

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.


28 posted on 11/19/2022 6:03:17 AM PST by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: Libloather

Mom....I’m home....


29 posted on 11/19/2022 6:03:38 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: hardspunned

Perfect!!! Lol!


30 posted on 11/19/2022 6:05:19 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.She was, indeed, a hottie… Rest in peace, Joanne.)
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To: rdcbn1

There will be a lot of regret. It’s ok though, they are in California, I am sure their mortgages are not that large.


31 posted on 11/19/2022 6:05:32 AM PST by dgbrown
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To: Sacajaweau
Mom....I’m home....

...for good this time.

32 posted on 11/19/2022 6:08:32 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump WON!!! He will win 2024!)
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To: Libloather

I wonder if they are all smirking now.


33 posted on 11/19/2022 6:09:25 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: Libloather
I'd like to know how they are going to put this on their resumes. What companies will want to hire a bunch of spoiled mutineers who are ready to overthrow the leadership at the drop of a hat?

-PJ

34 posted on 11/19/2022 6:12:01 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: rdcbn1

But Sl0Bama said the economy’s red hot, so no worries


35 posted on 11/19/2022 6:12:42 AM PST by mykroar (what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how. - J0eStalin)
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To: Libloather

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.”


36 posted on 11/19/2022 6:13:18 AM PST by cyclotic (Follow 1776rm.com. Fighting for our Constitution. @1776RM on Truth)
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To: Bernard

I was never terminated from a job. But then again I never acted like a Drama Queen with an entitlement complex.


37 posted on 11/19/2022 6:13:36 AM PST by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell..)
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To: Libloather

Lots of real workers out there to pick from


38 posted on 11/19/2022 6:14:24 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Libloather

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”


39 posted on 11/19/2022 6:40:10 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

They can probably pick up a gig at Google. They have the same mental condition as pre-Musk Twitter.


40 posted on 11/19/2022 6:42:47 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative )
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