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Departing Twitter employees say layoffs have started as Elon Musk takes over
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Posted on 10/28/2022 11:00:08 AM PDT by qwerty1234

On Elon Musk’s first day in control of Twitter , the company has started laying off employees, including data engineers, self-identified former employees told CNBC.

A person who walked out of Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters and identified themselves as a Twitter data engineer said they were just laid off by their director in-person.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnbc; deirdrebosa; elonmusk; getwokegobroke; laurenfeiner; layoffs; msnbc; musk; nbc; nobrainscollectively; socialmedia; truthsocial; twitter; yasminkhorram
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To: KC_Conspirator

Actually is is a VERY BAD time to be looking for a job in tech they are ALL laying off including Amazon!!!


41 posted on 10/28/2022 11:29:52 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Bernard

There’s a funny story in a book about Silicon Valley where the people getting canned start a tailgate party in the parking lot. An hour or so later, here comes the boss, carrying his cardboard box. What the hell, he joins the party. Another hour or so later, they see HIS boss walking into the parking lot...

That produced a big cheer, and he was NOT invited to join the party because at last the cuts were affecting the level in the company that was actually responsible for the cuts having to be made.


42 posted on 10/28/2022 11:30:30 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: calljack

Yes, the ones banning free speech. Not single tear in my eyes.


43 posted on 10/28/2022 11:31:32 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: ConservativeInPA

I had some empathy for what would be coming to them until they issued their self righteous list of demands that Musk pucker up, kiss their butts, and stay out of their way while they do what they do. All they did was confirm that they are despicable entitled people who would most likely buy tickets to watch the firing squads if the lefties were able to get them going (which they definitely would like).


44 posted on 10/28/2022 11:31:39 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. FBI is tending in that direction." - Harry Truman)
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To: Grampa Dave

Let me tell you how the big boys do it on Wall Street. The have security escort you out and your “box” is packed by HR or a co-worker and sent to your home later. No taking “personal belongings”, sending goodbye emails, or even speaking to your co-workers. You are fully de-platformed.


45 posted on 10/28/2022 11:33:16 AM PDT by Woodman
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To: qwerty1234
[Twitter] has started laying off employees


46 posted on 10/28/2022 11:34:10 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: MtnClimber

Is this a tongue and cheek joke as Twitter shut everyone else up for years?

Or do you really think he shouldn’t be allowed to tell people he was laid off?


47 posted on 10/28/2022 11:36:33 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: qwerty1234

Maybe they should try not engineering data.


48 posted on 10/28/2022 11:36:37 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: qwerty1234

That is actually dressed up for the tech industry.


49 posted on 10/28/2022 11:36:59 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: GingisK

I had a boss tell me flat out...
I didn’t hire you for your boyish good looks, or your GQ style of dress... I hired you for your mind..
When it stops working, so do you.


50 posted on 10/28/2022 11:37:01 AM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: EliRoom8

So long, Sanjya!

See Ya, Sulaiman!

Sayonara, Siri!

OK. I’m done. :)


51 posted on 10/28/2022 11:38:13 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Woodman

At certain levels/positions even big companies do the same thing. And then they do a forensic audit of your computer activity to make sure you hadn’t been making “back-up” copies or sending large zip files to yourself at home. I know of one case for my former Fortune 100 employer pursued criminal charges against a laid-off employee who had been sending copies of proprietary information using an encrypted remailer in anticipation of being laid-off.


52 posted on 10/28/2022 11:39:08 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: qwerty1234

Please show videos of the delicate snowflakes whimpering as they are ushered out of their offices with their latte mugs and rainbow flags.


53 posted on 10/28/2022 11:39:11 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Our news media isn't worth camel spit.)
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To: monkeyshine

“That’s what I wondered. Data is data. It doesn’t need to be engineered. Data can be collected, catalogued, massaged, manipulated, interpreted etc. But if you engineer it... well, then it’s fake.”

Bingo... They engineered internal fake accounts.


54 posted on 10/28/2022 11:39:39 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Zathras

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_engineering


55 posted on 10/28/2022 11:39:57 AM PDT by Borges
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To: qwerty1234

AMF!!!!


56 posted on 10/28/2022 11:40:00 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Progressivism is socialism. Venezuela is how it ends.)
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To: qwerty1234

The best part is, that hippy indian dude(?) is probably tied to a very expensive lease on a SF apartment. Hopefully, he(?) thought twitter would last forever so he blew all his money on whatever and now can’t pay rent.

That would be delicious..


57 posted on 10/28/2022 11:40:38 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (q11)
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To: monkeyshine

Actually, the job title of Data Engineer is a highly skilled and sought-after job in the IT World.

You’re correct data is data, but you don’t just collect it and throw it onto a disk drive for retrieval later.

Data Engineering is the process of organizing and storing data a manner that allows it to be retrieved in an efficient manner, it’s actually a lot more complicated than you might imagine considering the various data base systems out there, Oracle, etc...


58 posted on 10/28/2022 11:42:36 AM PDT by srmanuel (C)
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To: for-q-clinton

This is making fun of him for what Twitter has done for years.


59 posted on 10/28/2022 11:44:20 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: bigbob

Yes, I mentioned the high level activity, much more goes on...


60 posted on 10/28/2022 11:44:45 AM PDT by Woodman
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