Complain about abuse on Twitter 2.0 -- all Elon Musk will do is mock you. Elon Musk responds with mockery to report about abuse on Twitter https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/elon-musk-bbc-twitter-russia-b2294901.html
With outages nearly every day, it is becoming very clear that Twitter 2.0 is on fire, everything is broken and nobody is fixing anything. It's no surprise their own staff believes it also. A Twitter engineer says the company is 'like a building where all the pieces are on fire' https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-like-building-pieces-on-fire-elon-musk-bbc-layoffs-2023-3 A Twitter engineer told the BBC that the company is "like a building where all the pieces are on fire." Twitter's workforce has shrunk by around three-quarters since its purchase by Musk. "There are so many things broken and there's nobody taking care of it," the engineer told the BBC. A Twitter engineer says that chaos at the company has gotten so bad that it's "like a building where all the pieces are on fire." The unnamed engineer, who said he wished to remain anonymous because he is still working at the company, told the BBC's Marianna Spring that Elon Musk's leadership of the company – in particular recent mass layoffs – had caused huge problems, including "so many" parts of the site being broken. The BBC did not confirm the worker's location. "When you look at it from the outside, the façade looks fine, but I can see that nothing is working," the engineer said. "All the plumbing is broken, all the faucets, everything." Since Musk bought the social-media platform for $44 billion in October, Twitter's workforce has been depleted through a series of layoffs, firings, and resignations. Musk has previously defended his decision to reduce the workforce in order to save costs. CEOs and experts have been divided in their reaction to Musk's approach, with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff telling Insider recently that Silicon Valley leaders should consider whether to emulate Musk's style when it comes to tough decisions around layoffs. Twitter's layoffs have resulted in an extensive reorganization of remaining workers, the engineer told the BBC. He said that one "totally new" staff member without expertise was now doing a job that used to be done by more than 20 people. The New York Times previously reported that some junior employees have been left in charge of areas they haven't worked on before. "There are so many things broken and there's nobody taking care of it," the engineer told the BBC. Musk had also brought some Tesla engineers in to review code created by Twitter employees, he added. The BBC reported that Musk had cut so many staff that the site couldn't protect users from trolling and disinformation. Lisa Jennings Young, Twitter's former head of content design who quit in November, said her whole team, which worked on some projects to reduce hate on the platform, was laid off. Speaking about the features her team had introduced, she said: "There's no-one there to work on that at this time." Reports have suggested that there has been more hate speech on the platform, including data from the Anti-Defamation League indicating a huge surge in antisemitism on Twitter in the immediate weeks after Musk took over. Musk responded to The BBC's report this week by tweeting: "Sorry for turning Twitter from nurturing paradise into place that has … trolls." Musk said in December that fewer people are viewing content containing hate speech since he bought Twitter and that the number of hate speech impressions on the platform was down by a third. Twitter did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside of its regular working hours.
At most large companies the CEOs freely wander about inside the HQ building and talk to employees -- they don't need body guards inside the building. Body guards are present with CEOs outside the building. I take it Musk is scared of his own employees, he doesn't even want them in the restroom. A Twitter engineer says at least 2 bodyguards accompany Elon Musk around Twitter HQ — even to the restroom https://finance.yahoo.com/news/twitter-engineer-says-least-2-120811778.html Elon Musk is accompanied around Twitter HQ by at least two bodyguards, an engineer told the BBC. The engineer said the bodyguards are "tall" and "bulky" and like they're from a "Hollywood movie." The bodyguards even accompany Musk to the restroom, the engineer added. Elon Musk is accompanied around Twitter's headquarters by at least two bodyguards who even follow him to the restroom, an engineer at the social-media company has told the BBC. The engineer, who spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity to protect their employment, said the bodyguards were "bulky" and "tall" and like they're from a "Hollywood movie." It's not uncommon for high-flying executives and CEOs to be accompanied by bodyguards, or for companies to spend considerable amounts of money providing them with security details. The engineer said he thought that Musk's use of bodyguards inside Twitter's HQ in San Fransisco, California, suggested a lack of trust in the company's employees, per the BBC report published Sunday. Twitter didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside US business hours. Musk's father Errol said in January that he feared for his son's safety even though he was protected by "100 security guards." Musk had upgraded Errol's security system for his South Africa home with 24-hour armed guards, cameras, and electric fencing, Errol said. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, was handed an annual personal security allowance of $14 million for 2023, according to a recent disclosure with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. This covers staff, equipment, and residential improvements to help keep Zuckerberg and his family safe, according to the filing. Shortly after acquiring Twitter in October, Musk laid off thousands of the company's employees as part of a broad cost-cutting drive. He tweeted in May that owning Twitter "probably won't increase my life expectancy." He was responding to a Twitter user who said that Musk should "add more security guards to your team." Musk's security detail came into the spotlight in December after Musk said a "crazy stalker" jumped on a car carrying his son in Los Angeles. The South Pasadena Police Department later said it believed the suspect in the case "to be a member of Elon Musk's security team."
As usual, it is a day of the week that ends in "y" and Twitter is down again. Today's problem means that nobody can go directly to a Tweet via a link. Links on Twitter inaccessible, say users https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-down-thousands-users-downdetector-2023-03-06/ Twitter down – thousands blocked from website in mystery ‘code 467’ error https://www.the-sun.com/tech/7560974/twitter-down-login-not-working-error-code-467/
Twitter insiders: We can't protect users from trolling under Musk https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64804007
Demented Elon Musk ridicules and abuses an employee online who simply wants to find out if they have been let go. No rational CEO acts like this. For some background - Haraldur Thorleifsson is one of the most respected designers in the world. Twitter acquired his small company simply so they could have him directly on-staff as an employee. 'Haraldur Thorleifsson founded Ueno, a creative agency that Twitter bought in 2021. According to Thorleifsson's LinkedIn profile, after the acquisition, he worked as a director at Twitter based in Reykjavik, Iceland.' 'Platformer reported on February 28 that Thorleifsson was one of four senior managers who'd been put on a "do not fire" list because it would be too costly to pay them off. All four were fired anyway, the report said.' Elon Musk branded 'world's worst boss' for publicly humiliating employee who asks if he's been sacked https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/elon-musk-fired-twitter-employee Normally when you lose your job your employer has the good grace to tell you. But that unwritten rule apparently doesn’t apply when you work at Twitter. Days after having access to his work computer cut and following numerous unanswered emails, one worker was forced to directly tweet Elon Musk asking him a seemingly straightforward question: had he been sacked? Rather than answer it, or get his HR team to do so, Musk decided to publicly put the man through the wringer – subjecting him to a brutal tweet exchange which included a pair of “rolling on the floor laughing” emojis. The thread has been branded “disgraceful” by thousands of users, who have condemned Musk as the “worst boss ever”. In the original tweet posted by senior product designer Halli Thorleifsson, he wrote: “Dear [Elon Musk], 9 days ago the access to my work computer was cut, along with about 200 other Twitter employees. However, your head of HR is not able to confirm if I am an employee or not. You've not answered my emails. Maybe if enough people retweet you'll answer me here?” The platform’s infamous boss replied curtly: “What work have you been doing?” before proceeding to engage in a back-and-forth that reads like a live job interview, with questions including: “What changes did you make to help with the youths?” and infantile comments like: “Pics or it didn’t happen”. Here's an overview of their jaw-dropping dialogue: Critics of Musk’s approach came in thick and fast, with one writing: “It’s easy to forget that we’re not reading the script of a comedy but of an actual person whose livelihood is on the line and being treated like a punchline for online trolling.” Another pointed out: “The dude wasn’t even trying to justify his job or begging to keep it. He just wanted to know if he was really fired or not. My god.” Meanwhile, many commentators pointed out that it was surprising Musk apparently didn’t know who Thorleifsson was, given that he sold his creative design agency, Ueno to Twitter in early 2021 and, as part of the acquisition became a full-time employee for the platform. One Twitter user succinctly summed up his position as follows: "That dude is one of the most respected designers in the world, so much so Twitter acquired his company just to have him in-house." So the question now is, was he fired or not? And the answer, inevitably, is yes. In an interview with the BBC, Thorleifsson confirmed that following his public duel with Musk, Twitter’s HR department sent him an email confirming he had, indeed, been given the boot. The Icelandic designer also told the news site about his fears regarding the contract he signed with Twitter when he sold them his company, in light of Musk’s behaviour. "This is extremely stressful. This is my retirement fund, a way to take care of myself and my family as my disease progresses. Having the richest man in the world on the other end of this, potentially refusing to stand by contracts is not easy for me to accept," he said. Thorleifsson explained that one of the reasons he decided to sell is that he has muscular dystrophy, meaning his “body is slowly but surely failing” him. "I have a few good work years left in me so this was a way to wrap up my company, and set up myself and my family for years when I won't be able to do as much," he said. Did we mention Musk has been branded the “world’s worst boss” and an “absolute scumbag”? – a Twitter user’s words. Not ours…
There are rules in both the U.S. and Iceland prohibiting employers from releasing an employee's disability information publicly. It's sad that Musk views an disabled employee asking for accommodations such as speech to text support so they can be more productive for the company as a negative. Elon Musk accuses laid-off Twitter employee of using their disability as an 'excuse' to do 'no actual work' https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-accuses-disabled-ex-twitter-employee-doing-no-work-2023-3
The former employee confirms that he was not singled out based on this disability but was part of a larger workplace reduction. "9 days ago the access to my work computer was cut, along with about 200 other Twitter employees.
Nobody said he was let go because of his disability. However there are clear laws in both the U.S. and Iceland about revealing an employee's disability status publicly. Musk went on Twitter and pushed claims that this employee did no work because of his disability. All this employee wanted to know was if he was let go. You got to admit it is absurd that he was ghosted by Twitter for nine days when trying to contact them via phone, email, etc. Only when he got on Twitter and asked if he was let go did they respond to him with an email confirming he was no longer employed by Twitter. It's not like the employee was asking for his job back, he just wanted to know his status. You got to admit this is outrageous behavior on the part of Musk and his Twitter 2.0. '"You have every right to lay me off," Thorleifsson said in a tweet to Musk. "That's totally fair and fine. But usually people are told when that happens. Maybe with a letter or something. Which didn't happen for 9 days despite multiple emails to you and others."'