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Elon tweeted Twitter was losing $4M/day!

Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:16 pm
Posted by LSUAngelHere1
Watson
Member since Jan 2018
8135 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:16 pm
Govt psyops are expensive!

Regarding Twitter’s reduction in force, unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over $4M/day.

Everyone exited was offered 3 months of severance.

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This post was edited on 11/4/22 at 6:17 pm
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
98930 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:17 pm to
They should have gotten 2 weeks. Elon is generous.
Posted by cwill
Member since Jan 2005
54752 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:18 pm to
Great purchase.
Posted by efrad
Member since Nov 2007
18644 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:20 pm to
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They should have gotten 2 weeks. Elon is generous.



It's on purpose. He is buying 3 months worth of their obedience to the Twitter employment rules/code of conduct. As they are technically still employed. It delays them from doing anything crazy in retaliation and lets them cool off first.
Posted by Loserman
Member since Sep 2007
21873 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:21 pm to
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They should have gotten 2 weeks. Elon is generous.


Giving the months severance prevents the lawsuits in California. California has a law that you have to give a 60+ day notice for huge layoffs, or something akin to that.

But by giving the 90 days and saying they are still twitter employees until the 90 days is up, he has removed that law from being used.
Posted by cwill
Member since Jan 2005
54752 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:23 pm to
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He is buying 3 months worth of their obedience to the Twitter employment rules/code of conduct. As they are technically still employed. It delays them from doing anything crazy in retaliation and lets them cool off first.


The frick?
Posted by captron
Occupied Sillycon Valley
Member since Jul 2018
404 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:24 pm to
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They should have gotten 2 weeks. Elon is generous.


Yep, I think the WARN act would only require 60 days.
Posted by Deplorableinohio
Member since Dec 2018
5562 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:24 pm to
It’ll give them time to learn how to weld , mine coal, or frack natural gas and oil.
Posted by ChineseBandit58
Pearland, TX
Member since Aug 2005
42576 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:28 pm to
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It’ll give them time to learn how to weld , mine coal, or frack natural gas and oil.

and study the US Constitution and write essays on how to preserve it - citing potential things to be aware so there is time to thwart them.
Posted by cwill
Member since Jan 2005
54752 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:28 pm to
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or frack natural gas and oil.


Too many green hats as it is. Hard pass.
Posted by Tigers2010a
Member since Jul 2021
3627 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:33 pm to
So twitter is losing 1.5 billion dollars a year????? Where was the money to operate coming from? Twitter has been around since 2006. Has it every made a profit???
Posted by cwill
Member since Jan 2005
54752 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:35 pm to
It’s best year was a not big loss…def worth $44B.
Posted by LSUAngelHere1
Watson
Member since Jan 2018
8135 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:35 pm to
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So twitter is losing 1.5 billion dollars a year????? Where was the money to operate coming from? Twitter has been around since 2006. Has it every made a profit???

Taxpayers of course
Posted by efrad
Member since Nov 2007
18644 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:39 pm to
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The frick?



What?

I've been in a similar situation. 7 years ago I worked for a tech company that laid off a tremendous percentage of one its workforces in favor of outsourcing, after all of those employees built up the platform and trained the people who eventually replaced us under the guise of expansion. I saw the writing on the wall and got out like 2 months before it happened.

We felt backstabbed, tons of people wanted to talk open to the media about what had happened, and make a huge stink of it. The only problem was that everyone was given a severance like this where they drew regular paychecks and were technically employees, and had to keep their mouths shut for months in order to keep getting their paychecks. All of the anger fizzled out as people found other jobs during this period and moved on with their lives and I don't even think the story was ever mentioned in the media. This was by design.
Posted by tigerfan 64
in the LP
Member since Sep 2016
3784 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:41 pm to
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Great purchase.

It very well might have been overpriced due to inflated bot accounts.

Many investors have purchased struggling businesses and flipped them to profitability.


If he brings Twitter into the black and rids it from the social rot that permeates around the globe, it's a win win for Elon and society in general, unless you prefer the rot.
Posted by cwill
Member since Jan 2005
54752 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:42 pm to
None of that negates the fact he overpaid.
Posted by Stealth Matrix
29°59'55.98"N 90°05'21.85"W
Member since Aug 2019
7817 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:45 pm to
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Twitter was losing $4M/day

Honestly not surprised.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
27927 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:47 pm to
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It’ll give them time to learn how to weld , mine coal, or frack natural gas and oil.


Those stupid fricks can't change a flat tire, or jump start a car. They aren't learning any real occupation.
Posted by PUB
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
18188 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 6:50 pm to
Understatement - bunch of mentally deranged ingrates at that company
Posted by Rekrul
Member since Feb 2007
7946 posts
Posted on 11/4/22 at 7:01 pm to
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None of that negates the fact he overpaid.


And not a penny of it was your money.

Take your arse-hurt emotions back to DU and cry about it with the rest of the socially rejected losers.
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