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> Twitter said in the email that its offices will be temporarily closed and all badge access will be suspended in order "to help ensure the safety of each emplo

by rtlfe 4y ago

> Twitter said in the email that its offices will be temporarily closed and all badge access will be suspended in order "to help ensure the safety of each employee as well as Twitter systems and customer data." Is this normal during mass layoffs?

posguy 4y ago
Seems very unusual to suspend all employees badge access, given "Some employees have been ordered to work in the office every day of the week to meet the deadline" per this article: https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-orders-twitter-cut-infrastructure-costs-by-1-bln-sources-2022-11-03/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-orders-twitter-cut-i...
- anikom15 4y ago
  You only need the badge to get in. Makes perfect sense.
klyrs 4y ago
Imagine being on the team that's clearing out everybody's desks. Once that's done, you're no longer needed. But hurry up, now.
- anikom15 4y ago
  That work is probably contracted.
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austenallred 4y ago
It’s unusual for a new owner to lay off 50% of a company at once
barnabee 4y ago
I have seen investment banks disable all logins for a whole division or trading floor, invite the people they aren’t firing to an all hands / town hall meeting to tell them as much, then announce to everyone else on the floor that they no longer have a job and will be escorted out of the building with any belongings they choose to collect within 30 minutes. I’m not sure how normal it is, but it doesn’t objectively seem like there’s anything wrong with it.
- dboreham 4y ago
  There's an episode of "Succession" that captures this vibe pretty well.
- hrrsn 4y ago
  There's an outdoor area on the top (11th) floor of our building - the door is always locked during restructures.
  - MonkeyMalarky 4y ago
    Ooooh that is dark. Must have been fun for the smokers who have been around for a while. Having worked at a company that went through a few years of trouble, there were all sorts of little signals like that you'd learn to pick up on.
- greenyoda 4y ago
  There's a scene in the movie "Margin Call" (about the 2007-2008 financial crisis) in which most of a floor of employees in an investment bank is laid off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn2Xf9hAFcE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn2Xf9hAFcE
cbtacy 4y ago
Nothing that is going on at Twitter is "normal"
WalterBright 4y ago
> Is this normal during mass layoffs? Yes, and for good reason. A company I was familiar with in the 80's had a subsidiary in another state with a couple hundred employees. They decided to close that office, and lay everyone off. Being nice guys, they gave the branch 3 months notice of the closure and layoffs, and expected them to keep working as usual. After 3 months, the parent company officials arrived to find the office building empty and looted clean.

by rtlfe 4y ago

posguy 4y ago

Seems very unusual to suspend all employees badge access, given "Some employees have been ordered to work in the office every day of the week to meet the deadline" per this article: https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-orders-twitter-cut-infrastructure-costs-by-1-bln-sources-2022-11-03/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-orders-twitter-cut-i...

anikom15 4y ago
You only need the badge to get in. Makes perfect sense.

klyrs 4y ago

Imagine being on the team that's clearing out everybody's desks. Once that's done, you're no longer needed. But hurry up, now.

anikom15 4y ago
That work is probably contracted.

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austenallred 4y ago

It’s unusual for a new owner to lay off 50% of a company at once

barnabee 4y ago

I have seen investment banks disable all logins for a whole division or trading floor, invite the people they aren’t firing to an all hands / town hall meeting to tell them as much, then announce to everyone else on the floor that they no longer have a job and will be escorted out of the building with any belongings they choose to collect within 30 minutes. I’m not sure how normal it is, but it doesn’t objectively seem like there’s anything wrong with it.

dboreham 4y ago
There's an episode of "Succession" that captures this vibe pretty well.
hrrsn 4y ago
There's an outdoor area on the top (11th) floor of our building - the door is always locked during restructures.
- MonkeyMalarky 4y ago
  Ooooh that is dark. Must have been fun for the smokers who have been around for a while. Having worked at a company that went through a few years of trouble, there were all sorts of little signals like that you'd learn to pick up on.
greenyoda 4y ago
There's a scene in the movie "Margin Call" (about the 2007-2008 financial crisis) in which most of a floor of employees in an investment bank is laid off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn2Xf9hAFcE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn2Xf9hAFcE

cbtacy 4y ago

Nothing that is going on at Twitter is "normal"

WalterBright 4y ago

> Is this normal during mass layoffs? Yes, and for good reason. A company I was familiar with in the 80's had a subsidiary in another state with a couple hundred employees. They decided to close that office, and lay everyone off. Being nice guys, they gave the branch 3 months notice of the closure and layoffs, and expected them to keep working as usual. After 3 months, the parent company officials arrived to find the office building empty and looted clean.