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Elon Musk reportedly ordered company-wide
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Posted By: Dreadnought, 10/29/2022 6:44:14 PM

Elon Musk ordered company-wide layoffs at Twitter on Saturday, according to a report from The New York Times. It’s unclear how many workers will be affected by the purported job cuts, but sources tell the NYT that some departments will be affected more than others. Previous reports indicate Musk wants to cut down on Twitter’s workforce by 75 percent, although he reportedly told employees otherwise when he arrived at the company’s headquarters carrying an actual sink on Wednesday. Twitter currently has about 7,500 staff members, and as noted by the Times, some managers have been asked to come up with lists of employees to let go.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: thefield 10/29/2022 7:03:11 PM (No. 1318311)
They wanted to get rid of Him.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Gordon Freeman 10/29/2022 7:56:30 PM (No. 1318328)
Time to prune the dead wood.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: janjan 10/29/2022 7:58:05 PM (No. 1318329)
Elon isn’t going to tolerate the limp wristed whiners making ‘demands’. They’re going to find out quickly what real life looks like. I’m guessing that the red wine dispenser in the break room is already gone. Trembling, depression and severe PTSD have already set in. Next step is to restore the accounts of users whose opinions are deplorable. That will finish them off.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 10/29/2022 8:00:31 PM (No. 1318330)
It is pretty obvious that Twitter has far to many employees. Many are involved in censorship and will no longer be needed. Musk plans to tighten up the ship, not unusual when a company changes hands. "some managers have been asked to come up with lists of employees to let go" This is the common practice for a RIF. The managers know the projects underway, who is going what, and if they are effective. You cut projects that are not critical. Then you assess your good workers and dump the lower performing ones. You shuffle the best performing people to fill any essential gaps on important projects. The managers are on the line for producing the needed work so it is in their best interest to build strong teams. None of this should be a shock. Well run companies should evaluate people yearly and measure people on a performance "ladder". The people on the top rungs are very safe. The people on the low rungs already know who they are and that they are vulnerable. The only question is how deep the knife will cut. The only pain is that Twitter was bloated with employees and probably should have cleaned house long ago.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Strike3 10/29/2022 8:43:55 PM (No. 1318359)
Good move. Boot the bottom fifty percent of the workers out the door then ax most of the managers. Ross Perot ran a tight ship like that and EDS made tens of millions every year all over the world.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: MickTurn 10/29/2022 9:06:44 PM (No. 1318388)
Soon the Marxist Useful Idiots will be on the Prowl...for a new Gig! My hiring asks questions about political views...there are lots of Useful Idiots we won't even interview!
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Reply 7 - Posted by: ironchefw 10/29/2022 9:10:25 PM (No. 1318392)
Musk was going to walk away from the deal, but they sued him to make him buy Twitter anyway. He can fire them all. No sympathy from me.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: padiva 10/29/2022 9:36:49 PM (No. 1318418)
Here's a line from The A-Team: I love it when a plan comes together.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Rama41 10/29/2022 11:59:51 PM (No. 1318479)
So Elon's a "free speech absolutist" for wanting a non ideological Twitter? I'm enjoying listening to Joe Rogan #1258 (it's on YouTube) where he and Tim Pool brutally dismantled Vijaya Gadde, who just got fired by Musk.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: DVC 10/30/2022 12:41:43 AM (No. 1318496)
Good news.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: EJKrausJr 10/30/2022 1:08:52 AM (No. 1318507)
Elon is just cleaning up the Perch. That's normally want happens during a corporate take over. Yet the former Twitter Twits had no clue what was coming, for them that is. The irony is pretty sweet.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: mifla 10/30/2022 3:29:21 AM (No. 1318526)
Large companies with little or no competition typically have lots of deadwood. I know, I used to work for such a company.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: franq 10/30/2022 7:19:55 AM (No. 1318578)
Wish we could do the same with government. You could slash 50% of the workforce, and services would improve.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Paperpuncher 10/30/2022 9:09:01 AM (No. 1318686)
This came from a report from the slimes. Don’t believe it until the info comes from a reliable source.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: anniebc 10/30/2022 9:30:30 AM (No. 1318697)
It's reported that "Musk wants to cut down on Twitter’s workforce by 75 percent." Sorry to disagree with a previous poster, but we need to do likewise with the federal, local, and state governments, except the percentage needs to be higher, like 90%. I hope the managers coming up with the list of who's to go are trustworthy and not subversive.
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