How can a company such as Twitter survive even after such a huge percentage of its workforce has been fired?
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To add more to the comments already shared, Twitter is breaking with every new feature. The site is constantly going down. Because the various SOPs put in place are ignored, and teams responsible for certain things no longer exist.
To use a ELI5 example:
Imagine you had a team of experts to build a house. One expert handles the electrical wiring. One expert handles the structure. One expert handles the plumbing. Etc.
Well you decide to fire everyone except the interior designer. Well, they been with the team for decades, and knows what a house “looks like”. Well, they’re wiring power and are definitely not familiar with the details of grounding properly. But power is flowing so maybe it’s right. They set up the plumbing and toilets are flushing so maybe it’s right. And you know, why did the structural engineer always do a specific pattern? Well they aren’t here to explain so let’s do it my way. Roof holds up but leans a bit.
Anyways, here’s your house! It’s functioning. Power exists. Toilets flush. Walls are kinda holding up.
So officially, things are working from the outside view.
But we know the truth. This house is a death trap. We see the faults. We don’t want things to fail. But every time someone points out a flaw, a stupid rich baby calls them a jackass.
So most of us has given up and now are enjoying the popcorn.
Look at all the apks and websites that exist that were created by a single person. Most at least started that way.
Most people working for a multi million dollar software/website aren’t the actual programmers. They’re payroll,HR, managers, advertisers, designers, idea people, influencers, and such.
You want a heavily used program to simply stay up and running, all you need is a few people and some servers.
To add more to the comments already shared, Twitter is breaking with every new feature. The site is constantly going down. Because the various SOPs put in place are ignored, and teams responsible for certain things no longer exist.
To use a ELI5 example:
Imagine you had a team of experts to build a house. One expert handles the electrical wiring. One expert handles the structure. One expert handles the plumbing. Etc.
Well you decide to fire everyone except the interior designer. Well, they been with the team for decades, and knows what a house “looks like”. Well, they’re wiring power and are definitely not familiar with the details of grounding properly. But power is flowing so maybe it’s right. They set up the plumbing and toilets are flushing so maybe it’s right. And you know, why did the structural engineer always do a specific pattern? Well they aren’t here to explain so let’s do it my way. Roof holds up but leans a bit.
Anyways, here’s your house! It’s functioning. Power exists. Toilets flush. Walls are kinda holding up.
So officially, things are working from the outside view.
But we know the truth. This house is a death trap. We see the faults. We don’t want things to fail. But every time someone points out a flaw, a stupid rich baby calls them a jackass.
So most of us has given up and now are enjoying the popcorn.
My spouse works for a similar fortune 100 firm. They are the most inefficient businesses you could possibly imagine. The tech waste is insane. Middle managers on top of middle managers on top of middle managers. Getting a single thing done takes weeks of bickering. 3 different departments working on making identical apps because the left hand has no idea what the right hand is doing.
“Oh, you can’t get access to that server. Bob is in charge of that and he hates your boss and won’t let anyone on your team access that. But he’s getting transferred in 7 weeks so wait until then and the new guy will give you access. “
Yes, that actually happened.
Most of these companies can get rid of 75% of the people and get MORE done, not less.
We came from small business. We could get done in a week what it would take these dinosaurs 6 months to do. It’s insanity.
My spouse works for a similar fortune 100 firm. They are the most inefficient businesses you could possibly imagine. The tech waste is insane. Middle managers on top of middle managers on top of middle managers. Getting a single thing done takes weeks of bickering. 3 different departments working on making identical apps because the left hand has no idea what the right hand is doing.
“Oh, you can’t get access to that server. Bob is in charge of that and he hates your boss and won’t let anyone on your team access that. But he’s getting transferred in 7 weeks so wait until then and the new guy will give you access. “
Yes, that actually happened.
Most of these companies can get rid of 75% of the people and get MORE done, not less.
We came from small business. We could get done in a week what it would take these dinosaurs 6 months to do. It’s insanity.
Look at all the apks and websites that exist that were created by a single person. Most at least started that way.
Most people working for a multi million dollar software/website aren’t the actual programmers. They’re payroll,HR, managers, advertisers, designers, idea people, influencers, and such.
You want a heavily used program to simply stay up and running, all you need is a few people and some servers.
My spouse works for a similar fortune 100 firm. They are the most inefficient businesses you could possibly imagine. The tech waste is insane. Middle managers on top of middle managers on top of middle managers. Getting a single thing done takes weeks of bickering. 3 different departments working on making identical apps because the left hand has no idea what the right hand is doing.
“Oh, you can’t get access to that server. Bob is in charge of that and he hates your boss and won’t let anyone on your team access that. But he’s getting transferred in 7 weeks so wait until then and the new guy will give you access. “
Yes, that actually happened.
Most of these companies can get rid of 75% of the people and get MORE done, not less.
We came from small business. We could get done in a week what it would take these dinosaurs 6 months to do. It’s insanity.
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