Elon Musk Fires Disgruntled Employee By Tweet
Human Rights Watch says it’s a “disaster”
Steve Watson
Elon Musk is taking no prisoners at Twitter.
In a move that triggered detractors, Musk publicly fired an employee who chose to air dirty laundry on Twitter itself.
It all began with Musk apologising for Twitter being slow, with an explanation:
Btw, I’d like to apologize for Twitter being super slow in many countries. App is doing >1000 poorly batched RPCs just to render a home timeline!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2022
This prompted one Eric Frohnhoefer to claim he had been a Twitter engineer for six years and that Musk was flat wrong:
I have spent ~6yrs working on Twitter for Android and can say this is wrong. https://t.co/sh30ZxpD0N
— Eric Frohnhoefer @ 🏡 (@EricFrohnhoefer) November 13, 2022
Musk then demanded to know what was really wrong in Mr Frohnhoefer’s opinion and exactly what he was doing to fix it:
Twitter is super slow on Android. What have you done to fix that?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2022
AWKWARD
All Hell Breaks Loose as Elon’s Twitter Bans Shitlibs
1) CEO did not call out employee but complained about the performance of the Android client.
2) Employee calls out the CEO with a quote tweet without elaborating anything.
3) By the time he gives the reason for slow Android, he has already insulted the Boss. See how it started pic.twitter.com/B8inNkjsDE— 𒀭Dr Able Lawrence MD DM🦉周天堂🌻 (@abledoc) November 14, 2022
When people began advising Frohnhoefer to engage with his boss privately, the Twitter engineer doubled down.
Maybe he should ask questions privately. Maybe using Slack or email. 🤷♂️
— Eric Frohnhoefer @ 🏡 (@EricFrohnhoefer) November 14, 2022
And that was the end of Mr Frohnhoefer’s Twitter career:
— Eric Frohnhoefer @ 🏡 (@EricFrohnhoefer) November 14, 2022
The exchange triggered Musk haters:
You fired him for knowing more than you, might as well fire everyone then, if those are the grounds
— mattgallagher0 (@MattGallagher0) November 14, 2022
What are you gonna do when you fire everyone who is smarter than you? No one will be left. pic.twitter.com/Ic4I9vwfyj
— Vic Berger News (VBN) (@VicBergerIV) November 14, 2022
You will always be a gigantic loser. pic.twitter.com/AtMyOrQl1O
— ℍ𝕆𝕃𝕐 𝕊ℂℍℕ𝕀𝕂𝔼𝕊 🏳️🌈 (@holyschn) November 14, 2022
Others claimed that the incident was an example of how Musk isn’t really for free speech… or something.
“I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter because that is what free speech means” – Elon Musk, six months ago pic.twitter.com/KmhYwsMNx1
— Adam Smith (@adamndsmith) November 14, 2022
It’s not his job to coddle them. https://t.co/2csArws4Kr
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 15, 2022
You may have the freedom to talk shit about your employer in public but he also has the freedom to fire your ass.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 15, 2022
No he should if they’re bad opinions.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 15, 2022
Badmouthing your boss in public can get you fired? Who knew?
— Dave (@dbc603) November 15, 2022
Who is next?
Past tense. You were on the data science team. https://t.co/eELG0elsww
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 15, 2022
Musk has fired not only the woke kingpins that were previously running Twitter, but also half the staff who were inhabiting pods and drinking iced matcha latte’s “from the perch”:
This is “a day in the life of a Twitter employee.” No wonder @elonmusk is firing 75% of them pic.twitter.com/cAHOuni765
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 26, 2022
Musk also fact checked a fired employee who complained the new CEO was lying about how much complimentary food was costing the company:
False. Twitter spends $13M/year on food service for SF HQ. Badge in records show peak occupancy was 25%, average occupancy below 10%.
There are more people preparing breakfast than eating breakfast.
They don’t even bother serving dinner, because there is no one in the building.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2022
All of this stuff has prompted Human Rights Watch to launch a campaign, claiming that a “disaster” is underway at Twitter:
Elon Musk’s first month at Twitter foreshadows a human rights disaster.
Uncertainty is swirling around the future of the platform. What we do know is concerning — and in some cases outright alarming. pic.twitter.com/dzzAViQewr
— Human Rights Watch (@hrw) November 14, 2022
Do they really not have more pressing human rights violations to concentrate on than the plight of lazy wannabe influencers having to pay for their own hipster drinks at work?
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