Back on Christmas Eve of last year there were some reports that Elon Musk was in the process of shutting down Twitter’s Sacramento data center. In that article, a number of ex-Twitter employees wer…

Back on Christmas Eve of last year there were some reports that Elon Musk was in the process of shutting down Twitter’s Sacramento data center. In that article, a number of ex-Twitter employees wer…

  • stopthatgirl7@kbin.socialOP
    142·
    1 year ago

    Musk quite literally said it was equivalent of resigning:

    Over the years, Musk had been faced many times with a choice between what he thought was necessary and what others told him was possible. The result was almost always the same. He paused in silence for a few moments, then announced, “You have 90 days to do it. If you can’t make that work, your resignation is accepted.”

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Exactly, and that’s why turning it into a risk assessment, which would work with competent management, would never work with him. The only way to make it work would be to find a way to stroke his ego.