Musk tells Twitter staff: Agree to work "long hours at high intensity" or quit now

[Ohio Joe]

Elon Musk has sent an ultimatum to all Twitter staff—commit to an "extremely hardcore" approach to work or quit your job by Thursday.

"Going forward, to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world, we will need to be extremely hardcore. This will mean working long hours at high intensity. Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade," Musk wrote in the all-staff email.

"lf you are sure that you want to be part of the new Twitter, please click yes on the link below," Musk wrote. "Anyone who has not done so by 5pm ET tomorrow (Thursday) will receive three months of severance. Whatever decision you make, thank you for your efforts to make Twitter successful."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/musk-tells-twitter-staff-agree-to-work-long-hours-at-high-intensity-or-quit-now/

This is a stunningly stupid way to try and run any business.

[ZonkerHarris]

1. Tesla and SpaceX investors must be happy now.

[Johonny]

28. This is how he runs Tesla and SpaceX

[Ray Bruns]

2. I'll take that quit now option.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Hmm! What to choose? Stay on a sinking ship or head to the life boats.?

[dweller]

4. Do you like me ?

Check one
🔲 Yes
🔲 No

Your Gracious Overlord,
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[Ocelot II]

5. Serve him right if damn near everybody quit.

Most of those people could probably get better jobs working for bosses who aren't flaming assholes.

[Ray Bruns]

11. I think it would be hilarious if one day no one showed up for work.

[relayerbob]

6. I know which button I'd be pressing

And it wouldn't take until 5PM Thursday to decide

[Irish_Dem]

7. The oligarchs are taking us back to the 19th century sweatshops.

[sop]

12. This is why unions exist.

[Irish_Dem]

20. And this is why the wealthy keep fighting unions.

[smb]

8. Multilayered Stupidity

Besides the obvious problems with arbitrarily overworking an already insufficient staff, there's the basic issue Elon doesn't see, much less understand: Twitter is not a tech company. Twitter is a company that uses tech for communication and data management, like pretty much every company in the modern era, but its basic business (its "core competency" as business experts call it) is putting eyeballs in front of advertisers. None of Elon's "clever" ideas does that; none of them even try to do that -- in fact, most of them do the exact opposite by driving users and advertisers away from the "Freeze Peach" sewer he's created.

[Iwasthere]

9. It's obvious to me that he's doing all he can to sink it

[maxsolomon]

32. My take as well.

He wants to deprive Liberals and Progressives of a forum.

[haele]

10. Beatings will continue until Morale improves...

He pays "his employees", so it's like he bought them. Once they're no longer useful or he gets tired of them, he'll just throw them away and get new ones.
That's just the way he thinks. Typical Colonizer/Plantation Owner mentality.

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Haele

[yonder]

13. Emerald mine Elon thinks he learned something from mom and dad.

[gratuitous]

14. As always, there's a South Park episode about this

Cartman comes into possession of the local amusement park, and decides to shut it down to everyone but himself, because he's a selfish asshole. Then one of the rides breaks down, and he has to bring in someone to fix it. And he has to pay that guy, so now he needs paying customers to the park. Then he needs to hire a ticket taker. Then folks to run the rides. Then concessions. Pretty quickly, the park is crowded, Cartman can't ride anytime he wants, and it's back to square one, and Cartman gives the part back to the previous owners.

Just picture Musk as Cartman, and you'll be pretty much caught up on Our Story So Far.

[fightforfreedom]

15. I would quit.

[sop]

16. This would be the perfect time for Twitter employees to do some Quiet Quitting.

[Johnny2X2X]

17. Just bizarre

These are highly skilled engineers he's putting this to, every single one of them has a multitude of other opportunities. And if they don't have a multitude of other opportunities, do you really want them to stay? He just ensured his most talented people will leave.

Work really long hours at high intensity....or I'll pay you $1/4 of your salary to go find another job.... Hmmm, tough decision.

The people you want are always being head hunted, always. He just said to them, "Hey, here's $40,000 to leave."

[Captain Stern]

18. What a dope he is.

Ok, everybody....you have two choices:

1) Work your ass off for the same amount of pay you're getting now, and help my company.

or

2) Do nothing, and get the same amount of pay you're getting now....and you even choose not to do nothing, and go work for one of my competitors....and make tons more money + what my dumb ass is going to keep paying you.

[beaglelover]

19. What a shit manager he is. He really knows how to motivate employees to work hard for him.

NOT!

[Mr.Bill]

21. I would do what I have done to several companies I worked for.

Not only would I quit, but I would find jobs at my new company for as many of my former co-workers as I could. Take away as many of their good people as possible.

[Midnight Writer]

22. The ones who will quit will be the best and brightest who have options at other companies.

He is killing the institutional memory of a highly technical operation.

When a problem arises, the people with the experience and know-how to fix the problem may be gone.

[Johonny]

26. But this IS his model for running SpaceX

He wants a young motivated work force that will do long hours. People stay until around age 30 and then move to other places within the industry. I don't know Twitter is as cool a place to work as SpaceX or Tesla to attract good people to replace the good people you're churn and burning.

[LuckyCharms]

23. Exemplary leadership skills you have there, Elon.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. They will be required to take Specialized High Intensity Training AKA SHIT.

[Johonny]

25. People are shocked a man that has treated employees badly his whole life

suddenly is treating his employees badly.

[Cha]

27. Asshole. nt

[maxrandb]

29. Don't just nibble on the barrell, pull the trigger

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[hunter]

30. I always figured Musk would be thrown out of an airlock half way to Mars.

This is almost as amusing.

[Laffy Kat]

31. And the daily beatings will continue until morale improves. nt

[Buns_of_Fire]

33. That silver-tongued devil sure knows how to motivate people!

Another shining example of how daddy's money automatically bestows great wisdom upon the recipient.