scarabic comments on According to Elon Musk’s own math, the company formerly known as Twitter has lost 90% of its value and could be worth just $4 billion

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 39 points 3 years ago (8 children)

No tears shed here. The people who built Twitter got a nice payout when they absolutely robbed Elon Musk in that deal. Anyone who chose to stay on the Elon train after his first weeks at the helm gets no sympathy from me.

permalink

fedilink

source

hideshow 8 child comments

[–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Anyone who chose to stay on the Elon train after his first weeks at the helm gets no sympathy from me.

Except for the green card holders whose residency in the US was literally held hostage by Elon.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 3 child comments

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 years ago

Pretty sure they were held hostage by the US government policy of getting deported if they lose their job.

Xitter was just a vessel on which that was presented.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago

Okay yeah one tear for them and the special hell they are in.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

A lot of people say this, but there seems to be almost zero effort being put into resolving many of the systemic issues with the US visa system.

As a British person in tech, I'd love to work in the US for a year or two, but I have zero intention of dealing with the shitshow that is visa slavery in big tech, and how the visa system is lop-sided to deal with 2-3 countries and a handful of companies over others. In the UK, it's much simpler to offer visas to Americans, and even mid-sized companies can sponsor visas.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent