kate congerDec 29, 2022
Currently at Twitter:
- Seattle office faces eviction
- people are bringing their own toilet paper to work as janitorial services are cut
- workers scrambled to deal with the aftermath of a data center shutdown on Christmas Eve
(un-paywalled link)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/technology/twitter-elon-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=VgRUNNm_WiVdC4UQEMlklKIzkCg-CdCSZscqTNvGoiusn7if4Ovf4XYsLnMqfUOyJzZmN-zJDGl5je3ZZhzn0thD1RGC2qWb_Bq7LHrAhzBDsTZYsUJqrqHyC5u6xpETToPQb5PKgWFVuoS6D8aTfzR2C7cV_HlQ6lQoecldCGptqAPeTr1qvpna6d15I4GmcKSKtil5rDcqpEaDtl_okEOw_voUSR4lYgUfK_UX8R2fHemvdTcWWoKbGLssrrp-9KuCZXToEcjuxT6ivu8ZR0fr4khjqCTM2sqDqPhL8kuvGRDmyFzanNGojEU1rkd8ayzIqkeNE3UDRGv8XDs&smid=share-url
Elon Musk’s Cuts at Twitter? A Data Center, Janitors, Some Toilet Paper

Elon Musk has reduced the company to a bare-bones operation, and employees are under a “zero-based budgeting” mandate to justify any spending.

The New York Times
Show threadIsaac Erbele, MD
@cong Morale must be terrible at that place. The pay can't be worth it, can it? Or is it that it's mostly foreign labor left?
Dec 29, 2022 at 11:20pmWeb
Show threadシュガ人Dec 29, 2022
@Ear_bele @cong The only people left are those on super aggressive work visas. If they leave or get fired, they get deported.
Show threadIsaac Erbele, MDDec 29, 2022
@Sugarian @cong I've heard similar; that sounds like a dedicated story to me.
Show threadsmidbotDec 30, 2022
@Ear_bele @cong it’s the latter. Lots of people who can’t afford to lose the job for visa reasons. It’s really fucked up.
Show threadIsaac Erbele, MDDec 30, 2022
@smidbot @cong Sounds like exploitation and a story worth telling.
Show threadAlicePaulDec 30, 2022

@Ear_bele @smidbot @cong

Must be why Musk went to Qatar for the World Cup…to find better ways to exploit workers.

Show threadRoseFromNJ/PhillyDec 30, 2022
@Ear_bele @cong I would suppose the latter!!