Elon Musk. Yep. He's a Republican all right. No, not about a tweet.

[Pete Ross Junior]

Twitter staff have been told to work 84-hour weeks and managers slept at the office over the weekend as they scramble to meet Elon Musk's tight deadlines, reports say (MSN)

Staff at Twitter have been clocking up much longer hours than usual since Elon Musk took over, CNBC reported. This comes as staff face the looming threat of layoffs amid the tech mogul's planned overhaul of the company.

Twitter managers have told some staff to work 12-hour shifts, seven days a week — equivalent to 84 hours a week — to meet Musk's deadlines, CNBC reported, citing internal communications.

Musk's $44 billion purchase of the social-media platform went through on Thursday evening, but concerns about layoffs at the company have been swirling since well before that. It remains unclear how many staff will be laid off and when, as well as which teams will be most affected.

Since Friday, staff at the company have been set tasks which some see as a test by Musk's team to see who works hard.

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Maybe get a union in there once things settle down a litte?

[AllaN01Bear]

1. and some one on here tried to convincee me that he (musk) wasnt a humpstr .

hope they get one .

[Quixote1818]

2. The entire staff should walk out. nt

[SheltieLover]

3. This!👆

[BlueCheeseAgain]

5. If reports are correct, half of them will be walking out one way or another.

Though I wonder what would happen if HR were to entirely quit, or refuse to process any terminations. It'd probably take a while before they found someone who knew how to actually do it.

[multigraincracker]

8. WILDCAT, let's walk.

Nothing more fun than walking out in the middle of the shift.

[SheltieLover]

4. I'd read here on DU he fired all the engineers & brought replacements from other cos

Ones who know nothing about the programming language or social media.



Another "stable genius," clearly.

[Goonch]

6. 👇👇👇

[BannonsLiver]

7. Was there ever a doubt?

[Pete Ross Junior]

9. Not really, but it's great to nail it down. n/t

[Farmer-Rick]

10. Usually managers don't unionize

A manager at Twitter makes on average over $200,000 a year.

OK, so it's not just the managers who are working 12 hr shifts 7 days a week. Musk would have to pay me sooooo much to even work near his stupidness. Yeah, staff need to unionize.

I think the guy born into a filthy rich family and who inherited most all his wealth by doing nothing and never working a day in his life, should keep quiet about who works the hardest. Even if he used some of his free money to buy a corporation, that's not working.

[Shermann]

11. Every source is duplicating the same click-bait story, light on details

What are these supposed goals that his is crunching to meet?

[Pete Ross Junior]

12. The goal is making sure they know who is the boss. n/t

[Shermann]

13. There will be a lot of resignations

So, there will be that many fewer severance packages to dole out.

He can observe how the staff handles the crunch stress test and decide who makes the cut.

In anticipation of major layoffs, it's harsh but not illogical.

I can see why he is not a fan of unions.

[CentralMass]

14. I can see why a lot of people think he is an asshole.

[BannonsLiver]

16. So you're an Elon fan but not a fan of unions.

[Shermann]

20. Huh?

I haven't made any statements for or against unions. I don't have a strong opinion but can see how they could hinder a tech titan making massive organizational changes following a merger or acquisition. I've never worked for a union shop and do feel like my employers have had a slight advantage over competitors that were. But as a worker bee, there certainly seem to be advantages.

[BannonsLiver]

17. Isn't it interesting when everyone doesn't have the same heroes.

[GreenWave]

15. Could this be the future for many of us?

Just work til you drop.

[Tommymac]

21. Unfortunately, in the IT field, it is the past and present too.

In this field, too many geeks WANT to work obscenely long hours, then burn themselves totally out after several years.

Rinse and repeat.

I've tried my whole career to Unionize IT. Problem is that none of those idiot 'libertarian' geeks wants a union - they'd rather work five or six years, 80 hours a week, 355 days a year, get so burned out they cannot perform anymore, and live as hired contractors with no benefits for the rest of their sorry lives.

Or constantly work for bad bosses, get NO raises, have a miserable family life, and die of a stress induced Heart attack when 45.

[dalton99a]

18. Kick

[Shermann]

19. Is it possible to be an independent AND vote for the Republicans?

Are those mutually exclusive?

SPOILER ALERT: No

In fact, you'd expect independents to vote for one side or the other much of the time. That's what makes them independent. It doesn't necessarily mean they always vote for candidates running as independents. Independent is not a party.