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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTwitter just told employees all office buildings are temporarily closed, badge access is suspended
Last edited Thu Nov 17, 2022, 11:26 PM - Edit history (2)
EDITING: I'm seeing reports online that this is happening because hundreds of Twitter employees quit in response to Musk's ultimatum telling them they had to commit to working very long hours. Some tweets are saying 75% of the employees quit.ANOTHER EDIT to let you know that Kylie Robison, tech reporter for Fortune magazine, is posting updates at https://twitter.com/kyliebytes .
From the managing editor of Platformer:
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We're hearing this is because Elon Musk and his team are terrified employees are going to sabotage the company. Also, they're still trying to figure out which Twitter workers they need to cut access for.
Offices will reopen on November 21st. In the meantime: "Please continue to comply with company policy by refraining from discussing confidential company information on social media, with the press or elsewhere."
EDITING AGAIN to add updates from Zoe Schiffer:
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So far no Twitter employees have been deactivated even those whove publicly resigned. Musk and his team only collected the list of yess employees who said they want to be part of Twitter 2.0. Theyre still trying to track who is out.
Deuxcents
(16,248 posts)Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)Every minute detail of everything he does with the platform is exposed and readily apparent. His whole persona is his 'mystique' and posing. Not that many people actually own Teslas (relatively speaking) and those owners are posers too so sing his praises. How many regular people fly in his rockets? Not many. But Twitter is the great democratizer. He bought it because he didn't like peons talking back to him, big mistake.
catbyte
(34,407 posts)anymore just last week? Working for Twitter must be a nightmare.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Psychotic split?
panader0
(25,816 posts)tblue37
(65,409 posts)to sabotage your company.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)But I agree, it sounds paranoid.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Can't work from home, can work in the office.
RockRaven
(14,974 posts)pledging to work their asses off (my summary of the statement they were asked to affirm) by Friday, and anyone who didn't reply with the pledge would be laid off with 3 months severance (like the 1/2 already laid off).
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,695 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)calimary
(81,323 posts)Or is there a trip wire in there somewhere?
Ohio Joe
(21,760 posts)Im eager to see just how many employees refused to be slave labor.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)Damn
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)Because no tech employee could possibly sabotage it unless they were physically in the building.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)I am trying to figure out what is going on.
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)Feed me, Mandrake
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Keep an eye on those rockets though.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)in his possession.
Much less rockets.
Pinback
(12,158 posts)They want his precious bodily fluids.
This is one of the most bizarre public self immolations Ive ever witnessed. The guy may go full Howard Hughes before long.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)Almost. 😄
StormKing
(243 posts)🤣🤣🤣
littlemissmartypants
(22,695 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,359 posts)Treefrog
(4,170 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Mr. Sparkle
(2,935 posts)Last edited Thu Nov 17, 2022, 08:55 PM - Edit history (1)
what a shitshow
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Just an ordinary day in the normal course of business. And please don't say anything on social media or to the press about this perfectly routine day at the office.
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highplainsdem
(49,005 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)NullTuples
(6,017 posts)But it turns out it's specifically offices only.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Yes if those doors are locked I don't suppose the data centers run themselves.
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)In that case it was because the door key card system was on the same network(s) that had crashed.
But what if Twitter's key cards are managed in the offices that are now shut down? Or something equally likely?
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Shut down the offices, data centers may or may not be open.
DET
(1,323 posts)Musk gets more and more like Trump every day.
tanyev
(42,573 posts)That seems to be the cliff youre actually headed for.
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)cornball 24
(1,478 posts)NullTuples
(6,017 posts)Non-twitter archive of thread:
https://archive.ph/gzGpF
Really long thread analyzing Musk's questionable history & who has helped him along the way. May be just conspiracy theory, but many of the docs are from court filings.
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dalton99a
(81,526 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Wow. Musk is pretty f-n incompetent. How does someone so dumb get so wealthy?
delisen
(6,044 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Convinced everyone he was a genius. Like the FTX guy.
anarch
(6,535 posts)How does anyone become wealthy under our economic system? By luck of "birth lottery" or by ruthlessly exploiting workers.
Wednesdays
(17,383 posts)"No one worth billions made all that money themselves."
iemanja
(53,035 posts)What a cluster*.
louis-t
(23,295 posts)Snarkoleptic
(5,998 posts)Seems it's high time to organize.
bluboid
(560 posts)but they gotta have inside help & he's created so much chaos...
I bet some insiders have made contact & the big unions are eyeballing each development -
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Bluethroughu
(5,172 posts)If I had a Twitter account, it would be deleted before this jerk wrecks your privacy.
TeamProg
(6,146 posts)active and available for someone else.. some stranger could take over my real name.. I should have used a fake name way back when.
I started a Mastodon.Social with an abbreviated name..
Other Tweeters are there.
Catherine Vincent
(34,490 posts)Bluethroughu
(5,172 posts)I never heard about name creation could be taken over, that's terrible!
barbtries
(28,799 posts)i deactivated it. now every time i visit the site it asks me to sign in using my google account and it knows who I am. i don't. I don't know if there really is a way to delete it; I've googled and even the sites that say "delete your twitter" only give the information for deactivation.
Marthe48
(16,975 posts)I never use it. I wanted to delete it when musk took over. I got information that if I deactivate it and don't use it for 30 days, it'll be deleted. So I hope that happens. I don't think I filled in much personal information when I created the account, but It was a long time ago.
barbtries
(28,799 posts)but at the rate things are going to shit over there, i have little faith that someone will not be hanging on to the data. well my life is an open book anyway. bigger things to worry about.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)YoshidaYui
(41,833 posts)Not leaving
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)I never dreamed it would be so much fun.
YoshidaYui
(41,833 posts)All my favorite Japanese bands are there online
Bluethroughu
(5,172 posts)Reckless structure he is creating over there.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)I have driven a Chevy Volt for eight years and it's a great car. I always thought my next car would be a Tesla, but fuk that. I'd be too embarrassed to drive one of those right now.
CousinIT
(9,247 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,229 posts)W_HAMILTON
(7,869 posts)What is he afraid of? That they will sabotage it before he finishes sabotaging it himself?
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)AntivaxHunters
(3,234 posts)ancianita
(36,104 posts)tinrobot
(10,903 posts)Damn.
Maybe he could make money renting empty office space to a successful tech company.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,196 posts)because nothing will be left of the company.
He did call for "hardcore" work effort I read earlier today. Is this work-life balance?
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)moniss
(4,263 posts)and that was my first thought.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Jim__
(14,077 posts)Quixote1818
(28,947 posts)Every day it's open he is more in the hole.
Wednesdays
(17,383 posts)At least there would be some entertainment value in that.
Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)republianmushroom
(13,619 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)How is Twitter still operating?
Some kind of auto-pilot?
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)That's what the picture shows.
LiberalArkie
(15,719 posts)GopherGal
(2,008 posts)To see this idiot and the TFG idiot running around exaggerating their Ivy League credentials, inherited wealth and personality disorders?
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)I'd be a little nervous about going back in when summoned.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)No matter what, people will be apprehensive about returning when the doors are unlocked.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)with strange sounds coming from it.
marble falls
(57,114 posts)multigraincracker
(32,690 posts)the boss has $45 billion more to lose than you.
ificandream
(9,373 posts)I'm guessing he'll either sell it or scrap it entirely.
haele
(12,660 posts)It's glide-sloping downwards; without the in-house knowledge on such a large-scale system architecture and the regular internal housekeeping it requires, Twitter will bloat, falter and collapse.
Haele
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Mr. Evil
(2,849 posts)"We're hearing this is because Elon Musk and his team are terrified employees are going to sabotage the company."
He's worried about them!? He's taking caring of that all by himself! What a fucking doofus.
Historic NY
(37,451 posts)by another narcissistic moron
Disaffected
(4,557 posts)FSD system (Full Self Destruction).
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Martin68
(22,822 posts)avoid independent thinking. Prepare to surrender total autonomy over your personal freedom, and dedicate yourself selflessly to the mission of your new owner. You no longer have a life independent of your employer and his enrichment. Get used to it or leave.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Martin68
(22,822 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)bahboo
(16,348 posts)BunnyMcGee
(463 posts)another stable genius
iemanja
(53,035 posts)That's the business acumen of the richest man in the world? Good grief.
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,953 posts)patphil
(6,183 posts)Hubris reigns supreme!
I doubt he could get 20 billion for twitter right noiw...maybe 15 billion.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Hate to see Musk take her down.
Initech
(100,081 posts)It was a nice service there once. Fuck Elon!
Leith
(7,809 posts)at the rich and powerful rethug clubhouse.
Doesn't it seem like there have been a lot of of "odd" behavior in the rich (Kanye, Elon), powerful (the orange menace), and politicians? They are having some world class meltdowns and crazy spells. What the heck is going on?
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,695 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,695 posts)Someone has stolen his sink!
IronLionZion
(45,462 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,953 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)unless you're doing it on purpose.
Wonder what his motive is?
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)If he is doing it on purpose, consider the usual motives: money and/or power.
Greed, ambition, sex, revenge. Usually the culprits in many crimes.
Saudi hates social media, it fuels protest. They could have paid Musk to destroy Twitter.
And promised all kinds of things to him. Like they did with Trump and Kushner.
Or maybe Musk is having a total psychotic break. Right in front of our eyes.
Possible bi-polar.
Possible drug use.
Not sure yet what is going on.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,356 posts)Just spitballing, here. Maybe twitter counteracts Fox, Sinclair, AM radio and billionaires don't like regulations and 'tax the filthy rich'.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)No longer of any use to Putin.
So burn it down.
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)They won't be paying the salaries, but how are the severance payments structured? How does Twitter get cash? Are those sources drying up?
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Does he have the cash on hand to fund the severance packages?
Maybe he was caught off guard by all the resignations and doesn't have the budget
for the severances.
MLAA
(17,299 posts)A narcissistic megalomaniac!
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Yes the toxic narcissism is in full display.
MLAA
(17,299 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Trump is also a ruthless sociopath.
Maybe Musk is too.
Musk also looks autistic as well.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)If this kills Twitter once and for all, so be it.
wysimdnwyg
(2,232 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)And making jokes along the way.
They write themselves.
Meowmee
(5,164 posts)They should not have sold to him.
NBachers
(17,124 posts)Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)Smackdown2019
(1,188 posts)BRB.....
Grokenstein
(5,725 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)All in one week.
OverBurn
(951 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)And then there is Musks Dumpster Fire.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Quite a show.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Tree Lady
(11,477 posts)And got locked out. He was called to come back in, I am hoping he said NO!
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Tree Lady
(11,477 posts)And I would love to see a movie where Trump is dragged screaming and shouting to jail.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)The script is writing itself.
Maybe Trump can write his own movie script, from the comfort of his jail cell.
getagrip_already
(14,766 posts)Leave t he keys in the safe and scramble the combination on your way out.
YoshidaYui
(41,833 posts)For good. I told him bullshit. I said Ill believe it when I see it.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,356 posts)You shit your nest, Musky, now sleep in it or pick it out.
Birds should have a union. Or start employee-owned twee2u and unionize.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)housecat
(3,121 posts)Takket
(21,579 posts)eShirl
(18,494 posts)Supra Genius