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LonePirate

(13,426 posts)
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 10:15 PM Nov 2022

Some laid off Twitter employees allegedly being recalled already




Casey Newton @CaseyNewton
Multiple sources and Twitter Blind chats now saying that the company has begun to reach out to some people it laid off yesterday asking them to come back. Whoops!
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Some laid off Twitter employees allegedly being recalled already (Original Post) LonePirate Nov 2022 OP
Negotiations have begun ... dweller Nov 2022 #1
A very common tactic to make workers take a reduction in pay and benefits. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #2
Is Musk on drugs ? magicarpet Nov 2022 #3
Probably. Gore1FL Nov 2022 #6
Did someone explain the WARN Act to Musk? gratuitous Nov 2022 #4
I hope those workers have PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 #5
Many sites put the average Twitter salary at $150,000 womanofthehills Nov 2022 #8
Why would anyone take that kind of abuse? BlueIdaho Nov 2022 #7
If possible they moniss Nov 2022 #9
They should demand re-signing bonuses C_U_L8R Nov 2022 #10
I hope some come back so they can fuck things up Iwasthere Nov 2022 #11
You mean they finally figured out that planes fly better with pilots in them? DFW Nov 2022 #12
They didn't train their offshore replacement yet? lpbk2713 Nov 2022 #13
Sadly he's preying on the desperation of those laid off workers kimbutgar Nov 2022 #14

Irish_Dem

(47,147 posts)
2. A very common tactic to make workers take a reduction in pay and benefits.
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 10:21 PM
Nov 2022

Make them come back as contract workers with no benefits.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. Did someone explain the WARN Act to Musk?
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 10:28 PM
Nov 2022

Also, the teams that keep the place functioning and remaining a tolerable environment not dominated by trolls, bots and jerks, are pretty labor-intensive. You cut those teams, you lose the reins and the place spirals out of control.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
7. Why would anyone take that kind of abuse?
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 10:44 PM
Nov 2022

May they find enough self respect to tell him to fuck off and die.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
10. They should demand re-signing bonuses
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 10:55 PM
Nov 2022

Just for the damn inconvenience, heartache and chaos that Musk created.

Iwasthere

(3,168 posts)
11. I hope some come back so they can fuck things up
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 10:59 PM
Nov 2022

That's what I'd do. They would be heros if they could help to crumble Twitter's walls from the inside

DFW

(54,414 posts)
12. You mean they finally figured out that planes fly better with pilots in them?
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 11:05 PM
Nov 2022

They catch on fast, don't they?

kimbutgar

(21,167 posts)
14. Sadly he's preying on the desperation of those laid off workers
Sun Nov 6, 2022, 12:08 AM
Nov 2022

How despicable of the evil minion Elon.

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