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Elon & Twitter
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Daniel in SD
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Elon doesn’t need employees. He can just ask people on Twitter how Twitter works. Big $ savings.
Spacep0d
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The reasons are many. If Elon heard that interview with Tim Pool, Vijaya Gadde, and Jack Dorsey on the JRE podcast 3 years ago, the seed could have been planted then. Elon was bullied a lot as a kid. I wouldn't put it past him to have purchased Twitter JUST to fire Vijaya and others on the way to fixing the platform and 'freeing the bird'.
AlanSubie4Life
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bkp_duke
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Many of these companies were in hiring freezes before Elon bought Twitter. Some had even done layoffs.
And yes, I'm hoping the Fed takes notice of the tech sectors rapidly changing labor dynamic.
I think these layoffs are precisely what the Fed has been gunning for, in order to tamp down inflation. Employment growth has been a major factor. But yes, maybe they’ll slow their rate hikes.
See - you identified the real 4D chess.
Yeah it sure seems to me Elon wants to *sugar* post pre Elon Twitter over and over again to convince people he is coming in as the savior.
CLK350
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Look, I do understand that there are different styles in management. Many CEOs, even American ones (), wouldn't immediately fire someone over that. Many would though, it isn't out of the norm.
Also be aware that Elon is under fire from all directions, and allowing employees who criticize him publicly to stay employed there is just asking for more disgruntled employees to also speak up. The public firing was just as important as the firing part.
Not to forget the added entertainment value - for those willing to look, this is the BEST real time *real* reality show (that's actually a real business firing on all cylinders publicly). And *anybody* can witness/ participate too.
Huge added value to Twitter 2.0
Others were telling him to take it offline but he declined saying he enjoyed sharing his work with others online. Hopefully he enjoyed his 15 secs of fame.
Or maybe he just doesn’t mind calling out where they simply were not performing - there is plenty of that to go around.
So Eli Lilly's stock fell on Thursday not because of twitter but because they lost patents to Teva. This is why the timing didn't line up per some people here questioned.
JRP3
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To be accurate Elon didn't suppress his speech, he's still on Twitter last I knew.
JRP3
Hyperactive Member
Elon's termination hammer swings fast and strong. People at Twitter(or any of his companies) must believe in the path to success based off his vision. If you had the thought that Elon is coming in here to F things up because he doesn't know what he is doing, you better start dusting off that resume real quick.
bkp_duke
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Friend of mine is a former VP at Tesla. He would share stories with me of Elon just walking around the Fremont factory and pointing at people that he didn't think were putting in the effort, especially "management types" (not so much line workers) and fire them on the spot.
There is a principle, I don't recall the name, but it is something along the lines of . . . you increase your chances of success as a business by increasing employee turnover by not being afraid to fire and replace underperforming staff. I don't know if Elon subscribes to this business theory, but it might fit his actions.
ElectricIAC
Good-Natured Rascal
Elon seems to be basing his actions off best available data. And if you disagree, you better have just as good data to back it up. He seems to get rid of people who argues based on feelings/biases/past experiences/speculation.
Knightshade
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On what data do you believe he based his hilariously false claim about twitter having a higher click generation rate than anyone else?
Based on Elon believing in FB padding numbers. However he is conducting a test right now with starlink ads across the board of all social media networks.
I've heard similar stories from people at Apple about Steve Jobs.
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