text | Technology Jun
wake up, we are actually not qualified to scold Musk!
Musk is on the hot search again, but this time it is not because of Tesla , but because of layoffs.
everyone should still have the impression that some time ago, Musk acquired the world's largest social platform Twitter for a high price of US$44 billion. After successfully acquiring Twitter, Musk made a decision that shocked many people: to lay off half of Twitter's employees. Among these laid off employees, four executives including Twitter CEO (CEO), CTO (Chief Technology Officer), General Counsel, and many executives promoted by former CEOs. Public data from
shows that Twitter has more than 7,500 employees worldwide. After Musk took over, he cut off nearly half of Twitter's employees with an email, which means that more than 3,700 people lost their jobs overnight.
It is understood that this layoff came very suddenly. Many American Twitter employees suddenly received layoff emails late at night. Overseas Twitter employees also received layoff emails during working hours due to time difference. Some Twitter employees were discussing work in the company's internal group last moment, but the permission was lifted the next moment.
In general, Musk did a very simple and rough job in 's layoffs on Twitter, and it was also because of this. After this round of Twitter's layoffs, Musk was criticized by many Western media. Even Chinese netizens began to scold Musk online and complained that Musk lacked humanity.
Musk violently lay off employees, which is indeed a slander. But then again, are we really qualified to scold Musk? According to relevant people familiar with the matter, although Musk's layoffs in this round are quite rough, Musk has done the best in terms of compensation. It is understood that all the Twitter employees who were laid off this time received a 3-month basic salary as severance fee , which is 50% more than the law stipulates.
Severance payment exceeds 50% of the law. With this alone, many companies around us cannot do it. In the past two years, due to the general environment, many companies around the editor have laid off employees, and some have almost laid off half of their employees. Among these laid off, how many of these people can truly get the compensation amount stipulated by the "legal"? I'm afraid there are very few.
If some companies want to lay off employees, they will make their employees voluntarily resign in a variety of ways to avoid compensation for layoffs by companies. In this way, let’s look at Musk’s excessive compensation and Twitter employees being laid off. Do you still think, should Musk scold him?
What's more, according to Musk himself, the major layoffs were initiated this time, mainly because Twitter's current daily losses exceed US$4 million. If it does not lay off employees, it will be difficult for the company to survive. Just imagine, if you were Musk who spent more than $40 billion to acquire a company that lost $4 million every day, would you choose to continue to lose money to support more than 7,500 employees, or would you choose to lay off employees?
said so much, not to advocate how great Musk is, but to say that instead of following the trend and scolding Musk for violent layoffs, it is better to look down at yourself. The current public opinion is really led by some groups. These people only let us see what they want us to see, for example, only let you see Musk violently lay off employees, but they won't tell you that Musk's compensation for these laid off employees exceeds 50% of the law.
In my opinion, scolding Musk does not allow us to get something substantial, and we are indeed not qualified to scold him. is better to praise Musk for his responsibility when laying off employees, at least Musk gave him enough compensation when laying off employees, rather than evading compensation for layoffs in various ways. What do you think?
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