Elon Musk

me: I need the most obscene executive compensation package ever, tied almost entirely to stock price rather than core business metrics, because *checks notes* I am called by prophecy to storm heaven and overthrow God

chair of the board of directors: makes sense, where do I sign? https://t.co/iv9cWqOK2w

— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) November 15, 2022

https://i.imgur.com/w3DH2sA.png

dammit, i meant that for the twitter thread. it makes no sense here, on the elon musk thread

Mr Musk, uninformed all around,
Helmed Twitter & ran it aground.
The tweeting however
Was better than ever
For daily this man was beclowned

— Limericking (@Limericking) November 15, 2022

weird how he always seems to be replying to the most vile right wing accounts

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fhn-xM_UUAA2sHR?format=jpg&name=medium

I am blocked by a man named CatTurd2 on the internet, making it considerably harder for me to figure out the business strategy of the richest man in the world. pic.twitter.com/yA7Z8KgUmp

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) November 15, 2022

sad all the musk fans gloating over these firings when obviously the people knew they were likely to be fired and did not care

god it's just full mask off with these people. one day they're celebrating because "free speech is legal again!" and the next they're cheering on the richest man in the world as he fires anyone who dares to correct him

stone cold losers

Just the same fantasy over and over of the big strong man who will grind their enemies under his boots.

xxxp seriously. lots of tweets from current employees saying how jealous they are of people who got severance. it's free money and a badge on your resume that is neutral to positive.

Didn't realize so many people watched The Simpsons to empathize with the heroic main character, Mr. Burns.

weird how he always seems to be replying to the most vile right wing accounts

― lag∞n, Tuesday, November 15, 2022 1:32 PM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

compendium

If you've been paying attention, you might've noticed that over the past two weeks, Elon Musk basically only fields suggestions and complaints about Twitter from one side of the political spectrum. And a lot of them like spreading rumors of election fraud. https://t.co/dcV0SlQ7Tn

— miley 🐡 (@MilesKlee) November 14, 2022

That photo of Elon in the cowboy hat is ending me. I am ended. He looks like a cowboy Big and Rich rode to save the horse.

Does he still live in a U-Haul storage unit in Texas or whatever?

Big and Rich fundamentalism

charlie warzel at the atlantic (of all places lol) is covering this story p well. this (from april) seems prescient

Welcoming back Ligma & Johnson! pic.twitter.com/LEhXV95Njj

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 15, 2022

28th October:

Ligma Johnson had it coming 🍆 💦 pic.twitter.com/CgjrOV5eM2

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022

Lots of Elon stans claiming this is top level trolling by Musk (re Ligma meme) and that the two were never employees ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Good to see he's got time for this whilst Twitter literally falls apart around him

Why has he emojied an ejaculation there?

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/038/139/wewew.PNG

It does track that he shows more interest in annoying fake employees than real ones.

wld be funny if he had a heart attack and died

Elon Musk has given Twitter staff 2 days to commit to ‘extremely hardcore’ work culture or lose their jobs

‘extremely hardcore’ = ‘long hours at high intensity’

People need to click "yes" in online form by 5pm ET today or leave https://t.co/PTTj2JRHKc

— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) November 16, 2022

what a complete fucking spoon

screencapping storing here

https://i.imgur.com/OF8a1nt.png

if u click anything at all u end up downloading malware tho it's how he get u xp

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DS1ffGdVMAANdBm?format=jpg&name=medium

i do like mark s's link above, the management-style summary seems to slide things together pretty well.

irl lol at coinbase's “'rate your coworker' real-time feedback system." i mean, if i rated my co-workers (whom i generally like!) in real-time

Here’s the text of the email Musk sent to Twitter staff overnight.

Those who don’t commit to being “extremely hardcore” by 5pm ET today must leave the company. ‼️

Story: https://t.co/expt0d63dH pic.twitter.com/C8VDjRBvk1

— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) November 16, 2022

He fundamentally doesn't understand what the company is

Elon Musk should just go extra super extremely hardcore himself to make up for all the slackers. Get that guy in a room with a computer, lock the door, and wait for the magic to happen.

He fundamentally doesn't understand what the a company is

l' affaire c'est moi

OnlySycophants

I'm addicted to the rubber-necking but man, I'm so tired of seeing his big stupid head, is there even *one* pic on the whole net where he looks normal, he's like some sort of man-fish hybrid. I expect to see terrible gasping, slobbering gills all down his neck.

I cannot imagine (particularly in this job market) a job that I valued so much but had no actual stake in where I receive that message and say anything other than 'thanx 4 the three months severance bruh'

there are people for whom its harder to quit for instance those on work visas, and theres those who see this as an opportunity for advancement which it certainly is, but yeah all things being equal id be so out of there

Twitter data suggests most of the people buying Twitter Blue are promoting three things: right wing politics, cryptocurrency, and porn. https://t.co/yiXnqX1gw8

— Adam Smith (@adamndsmith) November 16, 2022

he also made some vague promise about huge stock grants for high performers for whatever thats worth

I'll be really disappointed in him if he doesn't bring a giant fork prop into the Twitter lobby today.

but anyway tech workers and all workers should unionize

he also made some vague promise about huge stock grants for high performers for whatever thats worth

Yeah, that's what I want — stock in Twitter. (Or Tesla, for that matter.)

what twitter data? from ppl txting the phone# in yr bio? this is a wrd data tecnik

as someone currently unemployed in the tech industry in the bay area, proclamations like Musks kind of terrify me because I hate to think of other companies following suit, even in small ways; after the blunted attempts at compassion and empathy in the workplace during COVID (which IME weren't even followed very well, at least not where I worked), I can see more companies saying 'fuck it.' that said, this turn is basically setting himself up for a raft of discrimination lawsuits in CA so I expect him to cut costs by shifting all engineering to someplace with zero worker protections. Maybe Dubai.

but anyway tech workers and all workers should unionize

― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 bookmarkflaglink

Wonder what wildcat strike actions would look like here.

he also made some vague promise about huge stock grants for high performers for whatever thats worth

'he also made some vague promise about huge stock grants for high performers for whatever thats worth'

it's a private company, there is no stock

sure there is