Why Twitter Employees Don't Want to Work for Elon Musk (As a Twitter Employee)

[@JoshandKatie]

Glad to see so many of you in the comments would love to take a $50K pay cut to work for Elon! I'd encourage you to apply.

[@koolkidz9193]

First world problems, for real my dude I can't relate at all.

[@tanishqkumar1640]

Pin ur comment so other can see lol

[@LewisMayberry-h7l]

Lol I have a government job how about you get a life

[@nalakittymeow]

Smoothie break

[@potcrak1]

Bizarre expectations.

[@edgarwideman737]

Let me correct him. Twitter employees will have to start getting work done instead of eating Doritos infront of the company TV.

[@ted2211]

Lol

[@JoshandKatie]

Help. SOS. Being forced. To work.

[@stonaraptor8196]

@@Pax-vobiscum lmao

[@darthkrator9366]

Because mental health and mental health.

[@Conker204]

@@JoshandKatie youre a spoiled infant. A baby who wants bottles handed to him. Grow up and get a real job.

[@Ctrl.Alt.DeFeaT]

So basically elon is a bad boss because he doesnt spoil and pamper his employees and they have to pay for their own lunch. Ok

[@zippyzipster46]

Twitter has been a loser as an investment. Which is why they sued Elon to follow through with the purchase. He needs to fire this guy and the rest. His job could be done by a blind monkey.

[@Wickedpissah138]

These workplaces like Twitter, Meta, Google… sound more like adult nursery’s. I mean… if I ever expand my business I’m definitely installing a “meditation room” and air hockey table… I’ll let the weaker workers weed them out this way 😅 Do you guys work? Or just expect your work experience to be equal to a paid vacation?

[@Frenchieeeee]

seems like you didn't watch the video.

[@randomanonymousperson3603]

@@Frenchieeeee IMO, he seems about right. I work in tech, just not silicon valley. Everything he considers the "norm" because every tech company in silicon valley sounds like an overbloated perks package. The free food is probably the worst offender, but things the video considers bad is just normal for the rest for the world. Since I'm not in silicon valley, I can't be definite, but if I had to guess, the reason he considers Tesla pay to be ridiculously low is because pay in Twitter (Google, Facebook etc) is ridiculously high. If pay in Tesla is slave wages then nobody will take it. It's probably more of a "reasonable California living wage" which is barely enough for folks especially those who got a taste of the wage + perks of Twitter. So in short, yeah, Silicon Valley "Tech" employees are very pampered.

[@Fedko3037]

You are bragging about yourself. It’s not flattering on you.

[@tobydammit6599]

No more free smoothies! No more free lunches! OH THE HUMANITY! “If you truly understand the mind of a tech employee” What he meant to say is “we are all incredibly entitled and expect everything for free”

[@imascrew6218]

I'm a tech employee I have these things, but I will never make a video complaining about tech privileges'

[@Soundsofthewood]

I am not a tech. I work on vehicles and I never once had a job that provides food and all the break rooms in the world. We got two 15 minute breaks and one half hour lunch. I worked through my lunch alot of times because I wasn't hungry and got tired if I ate around that time. Now I work with family in the automotive field and kinda get to make my own hours, but I never screw a customer on me being lazy. Even the military charged me for food and I never ate it because the times frame never matched the work schedule. I bet Facebook is the same way and that's probably why they never pick up the phone when I need help.

[@JeremyLynnes]

"He treats his employees like replaceable tools that he uses to fulfil his mission." Oh child, you have so much growing up to do.

[@hond4h34d]

yeah, does Josh expect bosses to be nice and friendly?

[@justso1823]

Everyone is replaceable

[@sic5764]

​@@justso1823 Thats right and now back to work slave, your bosses bugatti isn't paying for itself!

[@sic5764]

@@hond4h34dRight man! How can anyone expect a boss to be nice and friendly?! Can you even imagine treating other people with respect?! Like what a world would that be?! SAD

[@darthkrator9366]

While They’ve been on a mission this whole time already🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Joe_Brig]

200k salary for a first real job? Bubble is about to burst. Twitter and Netflix layoffs are the beginning.

[@sarita3337]

This will be the beginning of the end of companies destroyed by lazy employees.

[@ryan1117]

My feelings exactly! This guy shouldn't get used to free food, mental health days, and all the other things he mentioned, because if another recession, or maybe even a large solar flare hit earth, and he lost his job, I could almost be certain that this guy would not know how to survive in the real world

[@BillboVonPonce]

Hes probably including the bonus and stonk option, i know a few people that worked at twitter post. salary can be 120-160k, plus bonus which varies wildly depending on weather the new grad has other offers 10-60k, and the stonk option is on average like 100k vested over 4 years, so you get like 20k in stonk the first year, again varies a lot depending on the company and the newgrad

[@talha1943]

Also Facebook/Meta

[@DavetheLeg]

It's weird that I always hear how it's bad to work for Tesla on social media but every person I've ever spoke to in real life say it's the greatest place they've ever worked for.

[@zopplinc818]

do you think they try to fake how much they enjoy their job when they speak to you?

[@yodead369]

@@zopplinc818 please.

[@zopplinc818]

@@yodead369 I'm just asking a question

[@clarkkentglasses6443]

Exactly!! these people have done zero research on what it is like to work at a Musk company. Working at a Musk company is the most fun you will have in an engineering job ever.

[@aabc]

@@clarkkentglasses6443 i think you done zero research, tesla's work hours are more than almost every other faang company including amazon microsoft, their pay is also less than all faang companies, just do some research tesla has a pretty bad repuation for a toxic work culture

[@Iyiouseismouse]

Your right. Making 100k and ALMOST having to have had to buy lunch… I felt that.

[@Iyiouseismouse]

Yeah… I agree. There are very terrible things going on. Wars, starvation and tech employees being struck with the reality of paying for lunch and expresso, or even worse… having to go work for one of “the thousands of other companies” in Silicon Valley who wants to also pay that six figures without the specter of maybe not getting free lunch one day while doing a job they love. WILL SOMEONE THINK OF THESE PEOPLE?!?

[@brotbrotsen1100]

@@Iyiouseismouse I just can't believe it, how are these people able to be that spoiled. It's unreal.

[@Ta3iapxHs]

*6 figures, so probably more than 100k. Also lmao😂

[@greeneyeshade8895]

Newsflash: Most people don't get free smoothies. I understand the mind of a tech employee, you're spoiled and are evading taxes.

[@JoshandKatie]

Ah yes. Evading taxes on my W2 payroll deduction. My plan is working.

[@SonofKalas22]

This is not what real work in tech actually looks like. Twitter is resting on its existing code base from yesteryear and making no substantial platform changes. These people are not working in tech. They are playing in adult daycare. I DO work in tech. I'm a DBA for a small company. I work long hours frequently to keep my client's systems working smoothly so their businesses don't grind to a halt. I use my brain and my love of informational relationships to provide for family, keep food on the table, and ensure my clients can keep food on theirs.

[@slammy1410]

Dude would literally yurk if he thought about a free smoothie. The word free and him do not compute, u know this but maybe an update video to help people understand where Elon is coming from and the two major different lifestyles at a cross roads

[@AeroEng123]

@@SonofKalas22 When I heard twitter had 7500 employees my first thought was "Doing What?" That is a lot of people to essentially run 1 website.

[@RoyJNg]

@@AeroEng123 Yeah I agree too, I used to work at Nvidia and we didn't have "free food" there and that didn't deter me from moving to Google when they had free lunches. I was more happy at the younger folks I was helping to build their career. They worked 8 to 4 like any normal workers and they were diverse in terms of race and etc.

[@mythoughts5615]

😅😂 one company is valued $1 trillion+ and the other has been stagnant for years but hey you got free smoothies...

[@TheCamps10]

Literal line goes up ratrace-ridden mentality from people that have negative odds of working at these companies.

[@joshm6683]

Twitter core values of no freedom of speech doesn't help them much either.

[@elliotbaker3757]

BahaahahahhahAh

[@mythoughts5615]

@@guiseppeperceval4930 🤣🤣🤣

[@boblester8641]

Sounds like luxury compares to most people in the work force.

[@sauliruottu5871]

I honestly don't know what to say. Twitter is a total exception when they pay the employees for their breakfast, lunch etc. That's a bonus, not a standard, so welcome to the real world after your Twitter career.

[@edwinprado5620]

Bro literally got a taste of what the rest of us live day to day and started complaining Lmao

[@JoshandKatie]

Not complaining but obviously was looking out for my own self interest

[@CursxR0]

@@JoshandKatie ur complaining bro it’s ok tho welcome to the life. Just be glad ur white 😂

[@yannhk]

Now it is fully justified why Elon can fire at least 50% of the staff. When these people care about free lunch and free smoothies and head home at 4:30PM, you can't expect these people to deliver good products fast and great.

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

this is even cushier than a government job. Wow.

[@oldrumors]

I now understand why Twitter is doing poorly. Imagine all those “rewards” to implement something as easy as a web platform, with some AI in it, versus building new technology for cars or rockets, or tackling the autonomous driving problem.

[@Kumpelblase397]

Musk only gives the Money. There are People who did these Things and get no credit while Musk gets it all without doing the Hard Work.

[@kurtztraining]

Are all Silicon Valley tech employees this entitled? What happened to creating value and being rewarded for it? Why does my generation feel they need to be valued before doing anything of value?

[@homemaintenance1234]

Yes

[@giusepperana6354]

I'm simultaneously empathetic with the greed of wanting the most cushy gig with epic free lunchies, but at the same time I'm disgusted by the sheer entitlement of thinking that 150k per year for your first job isnt good enough.

[@randomuserame]

It isn't..... but only because of where the company forces them to work (WA, and CA, two of the most expensive states in the country) to put it in perspective, 150k at one of the twitter offices in CA, WA, or NY, is equivalent to working anywhere in the midwest for between 75 and 90k depending on specific city/major metro area. To put THAT into perspective... pre-inflation; The store manager at a McDonalds in the midwest made anywhere between 55-75k. Starting at 16, you could [theoretically] have it lined up for you the exact day you turn 18 (or 21 in some cases). And no degree needed, so no 20-120k of student loan debt to pay back. On top of that, many "dead end jobs" in retail and restaurants (mostly Fortunte 500 brands) actually have programs to pay your school, pay off loans (rarer) or pay a portion of costs.

[@jakecastillo476]

@@randomuserame yeah but you have to work many years at a low HOURLY rate to be a style manager

[@SpliffyHusk]

@@randomuserame bro, not every city in CA is San Fransisco, and Los Angeles. Yes cost of living is high, but there are cities that make 150k a year feel very comfortable

[@kazithecanecorso2724]

@@SpliffyHusk the whoel bay are. You must live in Stockton or modesto.

[@SpliffyHusk]

@@kazithecanecorso2724 nope, try again brudda, there’s 482 cities, and 58 counties.

[@maxx_thor]

Elon should replace at least 50% of employees that are activists with tech geniuses and start again with people that dont have weak feelings or dont know how proper corporate job works

[@kicksomeup6998]

Replace them with what? Flyover state plumber trash? Twitter is headed for the dumper, we all know it.

[@maxx_thor]

@@kicksomeup6998 Is it, or is just the need to clean the house from any activist wuth political agendas, stop throttling and moderating content and gave the power to the user to choose what they want to hear. platfirm should never touch the content below the law

[@meekmeads]

Definitely not from any American colleges.

[@jerrodbutali3990]

I have to buy my own lunch wahhhh. Yea I agree.

[@Gamerad360]

They really need to be many of the twitter employees are super political and toxic.

[@mikeg445]

Sounds as if they just don't like being treated how 99% of companies treat their employees, actually probably still better.

[@JimmyLib]

Genuine question (in good faith): If working at Tesla is so bad AND the pay is so bad, how has the company been able to grow so much and execute so well? To me, it seems that level of execution just wouldn't be possible if they had massive, constant turnover.

[@JoshandKatie]

I didn’t make any turnover claims. I just stated my experience and the perception of the company in Silicon Valley. They typically retain talent that is new to the ecosystem or recruit outside of the valley which are all true and valid statements.

[@anando304]

As Josh mentioned, there's two types of people, people who like Tesla mission and willing to take pay/benefits cut vs those who value WLB and pay/perks. Obviously everyone isn't gonna leave due to WLB because there's people who love Elon and his mission and thus, will stay there and help the company execute.

[@andrewhsieh3327]

so basically silicone valley is a bunch of spoiled brats ? But Tesla has believers thats working for them, and others have ones who likes to be validated by more money and free lunch. ( which is fine but no wonder Elon’s companies are formidable forces)

[@Ss3gokus]

@Basil ladies and gentlemen we got em

[@xandercorp6175]

@Basil 3 days later, no response to your observation.

[@TheFiggers7777]

Maybe that's why Twitter makes no money. Shits about to change.

[@JoshandKatie]

Haha that could be very true 😂 Nowhere in the video did I say this was the best business decision!

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

​@@JoshandKatie Dear Josh:. You're fired.

[@ztluo8824]

Is that normal now X(formly Twitter) paying L5 engineers for 170K base now? Like even less than your 200K Twitter NG role.

[@Darcsied27]

The Twitter stock has literally done nothing for years!

[@sarita3337]

The company being bled dry by its useless, lazy employees!

[@uwone7778]

LOL Ok, Poor.

[@michaelknight2897]

Apparently, so has its employees.

[@etzioplay6904]

​@@michaelknight2897 Well they have stopped free speech on twitter in the name of Free Speech haha

[@talha1943]

But but it has mantained good reputation for employees in the Silicon Valley

[@Coxofan]

poor guy he lost his smoothies

[@starllama2149]

I think that point about food is kinda coming from a spoiled perspective. I understand that working at somewhere like Twitter you get used to that and there is a chance it might be taken away, but at the same time a good rule in life is that there's no free lunch. I experience something similar at my job too, and I am ready for when they start taking it away. You are some of the highest paid people in the world, you can afford to go outside and pay for your food. It's not the end of the world.

[@JoshandKatie]

Very true! Your comments are exactly what a Tesla recruiter would tell you and that works for a lot of people!

[@bmphil3400]

I am an owner in my own company and even I don't get free food unless it's directly business related such as trying to meet with a client....... This free perks BS is a millennial/gen Z invention.

[@starllama2149]

@@JoshandKatie Just FYI, I re-read my comment and fealt it came off a tad hostile. I didn't mean it that way and I appreciate your perspective.

[@SheldonHull]

It's the uncertainty that's bringing those concerns on. If/When they change all this, they'll be a _huge_ amount of attrition because it would be stupid to stay for significantly less pay when other companies will offer 100k+ more for the same work. The food is kinda a red herring in this, it's not the biggest concern, especially for remote staff who don't get those perks anyway.

[@ayush885]

@@JoshandKatie I don't understand. Why does anybody work for Tesla if they pay less? Surely, only the people who don't have any other options would accept such a job.

[@Sunny-hv7pt]

There will always be someone willing to do your job...for less money and work twice as hard. There are new engineers graduating every year. One of the best advice I was given by a college professor was, don't burn your bridges.

[@nothingincommon]

Maybe that's why Twitter doesn't make money.

[@ecebear3]

Tech employees are delusional. They don’t realize how overpaid and pampered they are.

[@thinkmore8024]

They offered you 120k a year to write skme javascript. You were actually overpaid.

[@JoshandKatie]

Why don’t you work there then?

[@youtubesucks1499]

There is a reason why he fired that guy.

[@bradgreer761]

The fact that he was whining about how they were going to pay for lunch is hysterical. you make 6 figures i'm sure you can figure that out lol. Seriously, I bet Elon watched this guys channel in particular before letting everyone go.

[@zippyzipster46]

Elon didn’t give this kid 3 dinner breaks and 8 coffee breaks or meditation rooms. And e didn’t like actually working. I saw his video. He doesn’t know how to work 18 hours per day. He couldn’t work for Steve Jobs. He wants to meditate and work for 4 hours. For your pay he can find someone who doesn’t need free food etc. Go get a real job. Twitter needs to change. It’s been a bad investment. Grow up kid. And this kid needs to be the first of 90% that needs to go.

[@MariusZhr]

Bro's mad he got fired.

[@chaltain_7601]

This is wild to see someone complaining about feeling expendable, not getting "freebees" at work, the job paying less because its "mission driven". This is probably the same thought line of tech employees that leave when their companies stocks are high, sell them for twice the original value, then work at a company whos stocks crashed to restart the cycle then complain about free food and the company not valuing their "dedication" and "hard work" for the company that they only plan to work for 5 years. You ARE expendable, you ARE over paid, you ARE responsible for your own food. Grow up. Elon made a move to Texas for a reason, they can get the same qualified employees with better mindsets and pay significantly less taxes. Californians are warped

[@psycrop7793]

Nice oversimplification and generalization of the state that literally carries the US economy on their back.

[@chaltain_7601]

@@psycrop7793 considering you only need Texas and New York combined to contribute more than California id say youre being a little hyperbolic...

[@manishkumarpandey9702]

Considering the high prices of everything in silicon valley, i would also personally prefer a company which provides free food

[@chaltain_7601]

@@manishkumarpandey9702 lol good point

[@Gamerad360]

To be fair in California you need to pay more for the employees to survive, because inflation there is insane (their retarded government is at fault), which is why Elon is slowly moving all his companies out of the state. The reason their economy looks huge is because of the insane price inflation. If you take into account price inflation it's actually much lower then what people think it is. Taking into account inflation the economy size is smaller then Texas, despite having 10 million more people. (Keep in mind this is taking for granted that most people who work and live in California as well). If you can somehow live outside California while still working there you come out ahead, but not a ton, because even the states around California have high inflation. The Texas economy punches above it's weight because inflation is below US average. Texas is going to replace California fairly soon as the tech capital of the US. Elon is moving here we already have Dell and many other tech companies, and now High grade silicon chip manufacturing is coming here.

[@mike2510]

There is no such thing as “free lunch”. It is employer paid lunch, which means employees are making less or the employer is making less money. These perks sound great, but a company is going to make less money by providing them. Maybe this translates into more productivity, but in my experience, these companies are outcompeted. And, I’d prefer a higher salary to those “perks”.

[@abstractheory1]

Man, listening to this Kid makes me wonder how all those people are going to survive in the real world after being laid off. Wow!

[@UnKnown-dy5bb]

Poor little things no free shrimp cocktails and caviar, how are they going to survive.That in a nut shell is why I go out of my way to use ad blockers, vpn's, torrents, free streaming screw pedowood as well, not a nickle. If the sale goes through I expect him to move out of wokafornia, And he has said twitter has to many employees so I don't think he will be sad to see 25-30% leave. That said I think this is a terrible deal, he is buying a company that has lost money almost every year and he is now going to saddle it with a ridiculous amount of debt in a rising interest rate environment, this will not end well, I hope he uses his 1 billion dollar out to get away from it. A lot of people will leave, a lot will come back perhaps like myself but his verify all human comment has me concerned and if I have to verify myself (real name) I won't be back nor will I suspect many others. He should have just started a new company or got together with parler/truth social for example a lot cheaper

[@valdisgerasymiak1403]

It doesn't mean that he won't fire 1/2 of twitter - maybe he thinks they are useless and a waste of money.

[@retired-s5h]

He could probably turn twitter into facebook, as meta is going hard on VR.

[@alastor8091]

@@valdisgerasymiak1403 they are useless and a waste of money.

[@codywarhawk7099]

"Working for Elon Musk kinda sucks." I'd rather have a tough boss such as Elon Musk who can push me to be a way better employee and a more productive team member than work for literally anybody who was a boss at Twitter that wouldn't help me become better. Looking forward to seeing what Elon is able to do with Twitter for the next several months. It's already been a blast to see what he's done.

[@jackleo9680]

Cry me a river. Most Americans don't even make 50k a year.

[@JoshandKatie]

Very true! And I acknowledge this towards the end of the video. "You're already making 6x more than the median American. Changes to your work culture, pay, and perks don't give you room to complain about what type of company you work for." has a lot of truth to it.

[@mr.greengold8236]

Yes but Elon also makes way too much money for the work these people do.

[@kicksomeup6998]

So what. Why don't they take some personal responsibility and pick themselves up by their bootstraps? Isn't that what you preach to minorities? Go and do some of that yourself rather than complaining you can't make 50k cleaning toilets.

[@mr.greengold8236]

@@kicksomeup6998 to which comment are you replying??

[@kicksomeup6998]

@@mr.greengold8236 The OP's comment

[@jimcrowjoe451]

Tesla has the brightest engineers that have designed incredible hardware and software. Twitter is just a forum to post stuff.

[@JoshandKatie]

pffft forum? I would say more like a stock IRC server with some superficial branding. Someone could easily build a Twitter replacement in under 30 minutes.

[@crocobaur5407]

@@JoshandKatie maybe not 30 minutes but 3 months most def, hey Zuck build his as a student

[@BondJFK]

@@JoshandKatie ya git clone "that one project repo name"

[@EdwardVanVino]

Turned the video off when the guy complained there wasnt any free food at Tesla. Lmao. "Truly understand the mind of a tech employee," aka its toxic complaining about salary without freebies and perks. This generation.. just lol

[@hindu_1188]

Yeah this generation care for themself and don't like to work in shity environment

[@TheCamps10]

No arguments? Resorting to cry about market forces without any justification as to why is it wrong that people aren't as spineless as you were is the copout of the losers.

[@mika274]

It's the free market

[@EdwardVanVino]

@Ryan Howe entitled little boy- “you can’t get these perks.” Even if I couldn’t (I get better perks than free chips) I wouldn’t complain about them or use them as a factor in a review because they don’t matter. I especially wouldn’t make an assumption like that because that’s basically announcing to the world that you have zero negotiating ability. You need to re learn the real maslows hierarchy and re read what you wrote to see how cringe that was. I bet you had a limp wrist saying that out loud

[@tomsellout9576]

“Elon views his employees almost like disposable tools to help complete his mission” so… you’re saying he treats his employees like employees then? If I don’t do my job or mess up something that majorly costs the company then I get fired. Obviously.

[@martillodelajusticia7211]

I feel like employees are part of the company, and also have a say, having contributing with a lot of hours of work, progress and years. Why should it be just hierarchical with one person deciding when he just bought the company when there are the workers, team leader and coordinators that made the comapany be what it is. Ideally they should have boughts some stocks of the company to share it with musk, so he don't start to mandate what he wants to his employees expecting them to act like robots following orders. This partially a quetion, i don't feel entitled to make an statement since i have little work experience, but i would like to know if people really just see it like that, as is just a bunch as big guys always deciding and workers not having a say on they work when they have being in the company for years.

[@normandy2501]

@martillo de la justicia It's like that for larger companies usually. You can bring up a legit problem you see from the floor to a manager in a meeting, be given a generic "how to win friends and influence people" rehersed answer, then come in the next day to the announcement that manager and employee groups meeting are never happening again. The best thing to do at that point is to keep the resume updated and apply around, or know company policy well enough to call them out on paper about a process or benefit they aren't doing as an example (unemotionally) and see what response you're given then. If it still sounds rehearsed or you get a non answer, then you can pretty much feel safe assuming they don't really care while knowing it optically looks bad for them to be honest about it.

[@researchplease]

🤣every job I've ever had I had to buy my own lunch

[@casio5658]

Poor guy, who is lazy and doesn’t to work. Elon will make that place better and kick all the lazy people out

[@JoshandKatie]

Too bad I already quit 2 years ago. Can't fire me now 😂

[@snarfsnarfff]

I feel no empathy.

[@kathleenaparicio615]

Employees are replaceable wake up, work!!

[@jwpepper2835]

You showed up for work at Noon Eastern Time. Really?

[@mikkoasikainen472]

Fortunately, there are plenty of jobs available for hard-working Twitter employees 😂

[@V3rnSqwd5611]

$50,000 less but you were still offered $150,000 per year out of college. That’s more than enough money then you need.

[@DrilledPizza]

Bruh, I cannot believe free food is a DEAL BREAKER. The pay stuff is understandable, but I cannot believe how entitled some people can be sometimes.

[@Blue-mi1yh]

some people are trying to play ping pong and eat pizza for lunch everyday others are trying to engrave their names in history

[@ViktorScberg]

My advice is "DONT MAXIMUM YOUR WOKENESS"

[@crocobaur5407]

he should fire 1/2 of employees , those that remain might actually do some work and twitter might actually make a profit

[@casio5658]

Exactly lol these people don’t want to work

[@EngineerFormidable]

@@casio5658 are you daft ? Recruiting at Twitter is really hard !

[@TheCamps10]

I would LOVE for Elon to obliterate Twitter by doing that. Unfortunately he's not stupid enough to think a network manager is as replaceable as a burger flipper.

[@mike2510]

The reason the noodle soup costs more at Tesla than in the store is because someone has to go out, buy it and bring it back or order it, unpack it and stock it.

[@3hunnax13]

Wow I never new this. Elon Musk is making them pay for their own food. And he dared to take away the smoothies. Elon should be canceled and even investigated by the FEDS. This is intolerable.

[@fairydust1615]

So is this what they mean when they say white privilege? 🤣

[@kinesonc]

elon should sack every single sjw from twitter

[@MrThunderFx]

All tech nerds should be forced to work in a farm for 1 year never seen more entitled people doing anything of actual value and complaining

[@kicksomeup6998]

Boohoo, I was born in a poor flyover state and believe that shovelling manure is the only thing in the world. Wonder how you manage to call these people entitled while claiming that your reality is the only one. Open the window and let some of the complain out.

[@psycrop7793]

lol

[@bmphil3400]

@@kicksomeup6998 you missed his point......get out and do a little manual labor and you will be glad to have a job with a desk and some AC when it's 98 deg f outside...... My family has a farm.....but I have an engineering firm.....I know exactly what he's saying because I have been on both sides of the coin. If you feel entitled all your life you don't learn anything....because you expect things to arrive at your feet. Change an alternator on your own car or remodel a bathroom.....anything....but learn a little manual skill.

[@kicksomeup6998]

@@bmphil3400 On the contrary, I feel that I am far more ambitious when I feel entitled to something. I dig in my heels and refuse to give up, because I know that I deserved it. I failed many times before I landed a FAANG job and my steely resolve which some call 'entitlement' has a lot to do with it. I refused to believe otherwise, but of course one can approach it in other ways as you did. To each their own ig. I don't believe you should discount your own struggle running an engineering fun either. Getting a high-paying job in tech is very competitive and you of all people know this.

[@JoshandKatie]

I’m discussing employees whose alternatives are being employed by hundreds of other valley tech companies who have higher standards and higher pay. Comparing a software engineering work to farming is just an irrelevant discussion. This is a very specialized skill set that is extremely challenging - which is why the employment ecosystem is so competitive for top engineering talent.

[@JohnTube2K]

Twitter bubble just popped when reality set in… rooting for Elon to turn the company around

[@youboyslikemexico4464]

This didn't age well, LOL

[@neoasura]

On the contrary, I think it aged like a fine bourbon.

[@grandpad4197]

totally out of touch with reality...hopefully he does replace 75% of twitter twits.

[@tomsellout9576]

So the big complaint is essentially that Tesla doesn’t give out massive amounts of freebies and pamper their employees? Have you worked any real jobs, you know ones with 2 ten minute breaks and a half our lunch you pay for everyday? Also Tesla is a profitable company unlike twitter for a reason, Tesla is run like a real job. “Benefits” to the vast majority of people are good healthcare, dental, and vision insurance. Paid time off, holiday bonuses, 401k match, and family medical leave of absence. To me it personally just sounds like “tech employees” are spoiled and have a mindset of entitlement.

[@JoshandKatie]

Noo. I’ve only ever been spoiled by the elitist babysitting companies. Where is my private chef. Who will tell me I’m doing a good job. Help. Can’t. Function.

[@JCElzinga]

He figured out how to make his giga factories (with help from his people obvioiusly) Im sure he can figure out how to replace you with people happy to work for him.

[@darthkrator9366]

For getting real work done like sending a rockets to space (orbit whatever) and not ban people on twitter cuz it goes against Narrative 🤓

[@joebrandon1720]

I don't think they need half the people they have in the first place, from what I know Elon Musk doesn't like redundancy. Honestly, they obviously need an overhaul. I'm a veteran and My grandfather picked cotton to support himself and 14 siblings, not really interested in the "We don't get free smoothies".... spare the world of your 1st world self entitlements.

[@ryansmithc]

One is a service business. One is a car manufacturer with the goal of becoming a service business. Twitter is supposed to 10x what it is today. Cleaning house and being efficient is what Elon does best and has the experience. He needs to fire everyone, ditch the gimmicks and give them stock options. Once platform is built and successful, go public, keep a big share, public source code for trust and increase ads. Focus is ads and trust.

[@michaelknight2897]

I agree 100%. The twitter board has neglicted its duty to shareholders by apparently fostering a work environment were very little work is actually done and creates a culture that literally promotes not working. Its fraudulent.

[@jimsabo1189]

I bet this dude got a personal email today...

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

LOL. Imagine life without TV rooms and free lunch. THE HORRORS!!!!!

[@mikebaier956]

Twitter over pays it employees. $200,000 to do your job. Definitely over paid.

[@JoshandKatie]

Supply demand

[@Blue-mi1yh]

Elon hires purpose driven people rather than people looking to make a comfortable living. The difference is one is working towards legacy the other is working towards comfort. In my experience working for driven leaders is incredibly more rewarding in the long run rather working for someone who isn't as driven by their purpose. Elon effectively saves money and practically pays his employees by giving them the chance to be part of something spectacular.

[@Daniel81O]

I've bills to pay...I don't give a crap "about being part of smth spectacular" if my personal lifestyle is affected by it. You can't go home at the end of the month and tell ur kids and wife that .... U guys hang in there, we can't afford this...but hey I am part of smth special...pffff

[@Javierasous]

So, Elon does not treat the employees very well because he asks to work normal hours and does not provide snacks? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@user-ty4qk1ob5p]

This didn’t age well

[@nymets1104]

lol paying for your own lunch is a shock to you? man this is so out of touch with the average person

[@fuzzylogik1429]

Hope this guy is one of the 75%

[@Bryan-od7nv]

I think he quit a few years ago to work at Robinhood and than left there to start his own thing.

[@alexisfelix8624]

What is the big deal, buy your own launch. Don't be cheap.

[@katscandance]

Individualism has become too prominent in our society. Ego is growing too large. Humans must learn to work together for a bigger more important mission. Elon doesn’t want to hire people whose purpose for work is to meet their personal goals/lifestyle. He wants people whose purpose for work is to meet a greater goal than their own personal wants/interests. Basically like minded people. Which I agree with him on. I think that’s why a movement towards more collaborative effort is growing. People realized that putting their own self and ego aside, and working alongside others as a collective and unifying our goals is much more effective as we are faced with larger issues concerning all of humanity.

[@adnansharique154]

Did you parents ever say NO to you ?

[@jimlahey5354]

One thing he failed to mention was his stock compensation offer at Tesla. The stock has blown up and I'm curious how much money he could have made from that.

[@randomjoee]

Lol earns 6 figures and cries about not getting free food and wine on tap and watching sports or playing games during work hours. Lifes hard

[@spongebobby9045]

Sounds like a bunch spoiled brats throwing tantrums because the gravy train is running out of track

[@nuniezjorge]

Just do your work, you're employees, not "activists"

[@keif9447]

Yeah like Joe. Doing his job as a puppet.

[@chloehennessey6813]

I’ve enjoyed my job at Tesla. Your job isn’t there to provide lunch and entertainment for you. Your job is there so you can pay bills and live. When I graduated I was fuckin ecstatic to get a job at Tesla as an engineer. In the real world 99.99999-% of engineers they don’t make $200,000 in their first year. 🤣😂 I mean I’d love it if we did. But no. You’re the exception. Like the serious go buy a lottery ticket exception. That bubble is going to burst. Twitter employees themselves said they worked four hours last quarter. Lol If I own Twitter you’re not working four hours a quarter and still getting paid.

[@yodead369]

Nobody wants to work for somebody that tells him what to do! 🤣 Your boss isn't supposed to be your friend! I always tell my employees the expression, "if you like your boss, he's not doing a job!". I seen hundreds of store managers fail, for being friendly and not professional policy demanding managers!

[@clarkkentglasses6443]

There is no management layer at Musk companies. The best part is no part, the best process is no process and the best manager is no manager.

[@cdsiema3914]

This guy needs to experiment what real problems looks like so he can humble a little bit

[@Beyondarmonia]

I have a feeling there's gonna be massive layoffs and they're gonna move the HQ out of Silicon Valley

[@kicksomeup6998]

A billion jobs in silicon valley. Twitter will be replaced fast.

[@Beyondarmonia]

@@kicksomeup6998 Yeah

[@kicksomeup6998]

@@guiseppeperceval4930 True. They are now paid 350k if they're skilled enough.

[@williamfoster2681]

$200k fresh out of college is NOT normal

[@philipdragomir3865]

I was really confused why Elon would chose to fire such a large number of his staff it all sounded terrible for me. Thank you for your video man! Now I finally understand 😌 and everything makes perfect sense.

[@eugeneflores6153]

😂👍🏾

[@SherryFulghum-o1v]

Elon muck owns alot of companies don't have time to baby sit his employees.

[@Nirvanaattainer54]

Silicon valley employees sound like gold diggers. Elon is doing the right thing. He makes sure to hire genuine People who wont move to another tech company just for a higher offer later. Also, can you work 90-100 hours a week like elon? If not, it seems more like a employee problem, not a musk problen

[@madalena4145]

Imagine thinking he works those hours... He has people to do most things for him. He probably works less than his employees

[@bleepbloop7039]

@@madalena4145 you sound so naive, having been involved with various executive management types in the corporate world as well as being around corporate support staff, my first hand experience is that upper management and leadership in general have very little work life balance in their favour, if anything it is skewed such that they are frequently having 8 AM meeting starts to their day to well into the late evening, then also being on call throughout the evening while also having to produce and complete their normal obligations such as summaries in the evenings as their days are taken up by meetings. Your assumption that he works less than some average employee is ridiculous to say the least.

[@SheldonHull]

Gold diggers? It's supply and demand. If other companies will pay significantly more, it's reasonable to assume they'll move on. Assuming generally the same conditions of work, I'd assume jumping to another company when getting 30-100% more pay for the same job is offered is completely normal.

[@sajusonu572]

Not all people are Elon Musk.Eveyone must respect their life.

[@____-gy5mq]

LOOOOOOL ELON SIMPS ARE HERE

[@Wulfdane]

So Elon Musk expects employees to actualy work…. OMG…. _Welcome to the real world 99.99% of us live in…_

[@JoshandKatie]

It’s a hard world out there

[@rodrigo445678]

I understand why normal people wouldn't want to work with for Musk, but it's a little mediocre. Tesla and Space X both have 10x BETTER talent that Twitter, and that's because the biggest minds need the biggest pushes and challenges. Twitter doesn't have a mission as important for humanity as Tesla or Space X, and as businesses you just can't compare the massive scale of Tesla with the miserable results of post IPO Twitter (You guys screwed Vine and allowed for TikTok to happen...) Tesla isn't generating a lot in profits but you are missing the point. Tesla is investing in massive returns for the future, just the way Amazon is. Twitter employees aren't as productive or profitable as Tesla's, the real reason of the profit comparison is only Twitter's lack of growth. Twitter's lackluster performance would inevitably mean massive layoffs, so all those perks and ultra-high wages would have been for nothing.. Tesla btw is a tech company. They build autonomous technology and software. Batteries will be nothing compared to Tesla's AI.

[@shahbasharat]

really???? they are begging him not to fire them

[@JoshandKatie]

Fire me! Do itttttt

[@shahbasharat]

@@JoshandKatie two most dangerous inventions of humanity - twitter and facebook. While Twitter May have some chance of survival as Musk prepares for its gut-rehab but Facebook has no hope because Zuckerberg has too many dead bodies buried in his empire. He’d rather burn it down to ashes than let anyone else take control of it.

[@Jack-og7yg]

Haha you don’t become the richest man by being emotionally intelligent.

[@keif9447]

Would rather be the richest than be emotionally intelligent.

[@___Truth___]

@@keif9447 Agreed lol

[@itsGuy]

5:00 but if the employees had stock... Didn't they already get paid for it? Just like I did for my twitter stock.. can't see how they are losing out on their stocks .. they got paid for it... Over paid actually ...

[@L.I.T.H.I.U.M]

So you don't want to work for him because you have a history with him. Why don't other "Twitter employees" want to work for him, because you told them he's bad?

[@ylay]

Ohh noo making six figure wasn't enough. I can't pay for my own lunch..

[@Uncle_Baby_Billy]

You just illustrated why other companies are failing.

[@joepascual967]

Cognitive Dissonance! Free lunches when your company’s isn’t even profitable is what is seriously crazy. Gravy train isn’t forever.

[@JoshandKatie]

Supply demand

[@joepascual967]

@@JoshandKatie more like a bubble

[@sams8502]

Title should be “I’m a White, privileged and spoiled engineer” . This guy is fantastically dissociated from reality and out of touch, his whining is ridiculous and pathetic.

[@ocirontariocryptidinvestig8010]

these tech workers are so insulated from the reality most normal people live in you can't even rationalize with them. this guy more then anything comes off as a spoiled brat in elementary school.

[@kaelinvictus6039]

Interesting take. Just enjoying my 🍿 through all this twitter meltdown.

[@terah101]

There are businesses in the corporate world that do and should provide free catering, but those should only be for employees who are expected to be in the office working 10-12 hours a day - doing actual WORK with 1 or 2 breaks max. You twitter employees take a break every hour, helping yourself to a free snack time, maybe actually work for like 3-4 hours and leave the office at 4-5pm.

[@furkidsworld1557]

salary thief slacker

[@user-hl2qh8ob8v]

You know everything is wrong when the company is the one that needs to make you feel "valued". Value comes from the work you put it. People who work good, no matter where will eventually suceed