I guess to get people to work for you under such a leadership, you have to pay above normal salaries? Twice of what is normal? Or what other reason would people have to continue work at Twitter?
Never thought we would see the day someone trying to institute 996 in the US is celebrated.
Is this an interesting challenge, or just the slog of trying to maintain a service shorthanded?
The ones who stay behind probably have various reasons to stay behind. They believe in the product, like the challenge, want to have impact, working with lower org entropy, less activism, etc., despite liking or not liking their boss.
I see people disagreeing with me, fine. But I still think this will rid the organization of most slackers and non-contributors.
Much of what see in public is the agitators being angry. Also, some regular staff will get caught up in the maelstrom, that's understood. But, if you are part of the org that emerges out of this difficult time, you may find it rewarding.
I think much of the difficulty is attributable to people having been used to the previous management style not being able to adapt to the new one and conservatively wanting to retain the familiar, their cozy fireplace in the winter. Elon, is like, arouse, we have work to do!
In this case it would appear that is also the CEO, which is flabbergasting to me.
//edit// And I'm speaking more to the tyrant and just generally not being a good person rather than the mercurial aspect.
"It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do. We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do."
Though I don't know if he lived up to those words or not.
lol what does this even mean?
Have corporations gradually became a sort of cult and you have to "believe" in what they sell? Guess what, I go to work in order to work and pay my bills, it has nothing to do with personal beliefs.