Never really got going with twitter, so let's see how things go here. Twitter is in major trouble. Maybe they'll pull through, but with the management style demonstrated to date, I'm hoping that does not pay off. Obviously for the workers, I hope it's ok, especially H1B visa holders who get a pretty raw deal. Abusing your workers publicly, showing a complete lack of respect, changing life impacting employment policies on a whim and expecting employees to flog themselves working way over contracted hours for no more pay is something I hope the universe doesn't reward.
@frankbarrylong I agree completely about the h1b guys. As a business owner I'm wary of employees that aren't loyal, or can't take a joke, or too sensitive about stuff. That's toxic to a business. If your employees are chill about anything, and believe in the company, that's great for business. He pays extremely competitively, and gives bonuses to hard workers. But if you're getting paid salary and there's urgent work that needs to get done and you whine about it. You'll never get promoted anywhere, and when it's time to thin the herd, you're going to be the first one fired. We are all entitled to our opinions, even those we don't like. We can toot about it all day long. One time I had an employee complain about my practices. I told him ok, start buying stock from me, I pay you enough. He bought a tiny amount, not even enough to vote on anything yet. But the moment I did, I treated him to lunch and asked him what can I change about my practices because I knew he cared about my business. I don't care if he cares about me, but now I need to care more about him. Just cause Mr. Musk is all over the media doesn't mean we know him enough to judge him. He's managed to earn the right to decide who he's going to pay. To say we know who people really are and what they're doing is like watching YouTube videos about physics and going to a nuclear power plant and start giving them advice, it might be ok but it's a bad idea. 😂 Hey I'm sorry for the rant, I hope you have a great weekend!
@skanman I've put on the effort way over and above for employers many times. But they don't own you. And they should respect you.
He's effectively telling, not asking, his employees to take a pay cut if you calculate what they get paid per hour, or else you're fired.
Not cool.
Maybe a Eurocentric view but if an employer does that to me, they had better come with a carrot, not a stick. I'll volunteer for it if I believe in it. But if my contract is 40 hrs a week, anything an employer gets for free above that is a bonus I'm giving to them and it had better be recognised as such.
