Science/Techno Babble Random, Random

[Jeff from TX]

I'll stay for awhile, but I have already changed my handle (it used to include my last name). Some people out there are way too offended by a little bit of snark. I had one dude challenge me to come meet him for a fight over something I said (which was even directed to him). People are crazy, and there are way too many guns out there. I have tried to be more circumspect in what I say now, but it wasn't even that bad. So much for the "discussion" aspect of it. It really is mostly just shouting.

[Suliso]

I'm on TW, modestly active. It's perfectly fine as long as you're not shy of blocking idiots and muting annoying people. I post 90% in Latvian, though. It's a much smaller pond and maybe in English it feels different. No noticeable changes from the new owner yet. Also not among English posters I follow.

[dryrunguy]

I blocked Elon Musk yesterday--purely as a preventive measure.

[JazzNU]

[ponchi101]

Ah, the joys of mergers/acquisitions. You buy a company because it is profitable and then, what do you know, you need to "cut costs" and slash 20% of the workforce because, you know, you have to answer to the stockholders.
Of which you are the only one.

[Suliso]

Twitter people will easily find other jobs, though.

[JazzNU]

Twitter people will easily find other jobs, though.

Some will, some won't, at least not immediately. There's basically mass layoffs occurring in tech right now. None anywhere near as large as Twitter from what I've seen, but sizable numbers nonetheless and hiring freezes at other tech companies that aren't doing layoffs.

That being said, if you look at that guy's reporting, even in the same thread as the above tweet, there are plenty of Twitter employees hoping to be on the layoff list so that they can get severance pay and leave what has been described in recent weeks as a very toxic workplace.

Bay Area living costs are going to potentially be a bigger issue in this scenario, but you'd think a good portion of employees who worked at Twitter can afford to be unemployed with a good severance package for a bit while the market rebounds.

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[dryrunguy]

Twitter people will easily find other jobs, though.

Some will, some won't, at least not immediately. There's basically mass layoffs occurring in tech right now. None anywhere near as large as Twitter from what I've seen, but sizable numbers nonetheless and hiring freezes at other tech companies that aren't doing layoffs.

That being said, if you look at that guy's reporting, even in the same thread as the above tweet, there are plenty of Twitter employees hoping to be on the layoff list so that they can get severance pay and leave what has been described in recent weeks as a very toxic workplace.

Bay Area living costs are going to potentially be a bigger issue in this scenario, but you'd think a good portion of employees who worked at Twitter can afford to be unemployed with a good severance package for a bit while the market rebounds.

I'll just add that the holidays are rapidly approaching. So more layoffs are almost certainly on their way. Big corporations LOVE to spread this particular form of holiday cheer.

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

More on the advertising money drying up:

[ponchi101]

Time to move this from the SCIENCE topic. Not a drop of science in it.
If we had a SOAP OPERA topic, it would be spot on.

[Deuce]

If a 'Soap Opera' topic is created, all of the Raducanu coaching and injury stuff should go there.
And the Andreescu injury stuff, too.
And the Djokovic vaccine stuff...