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X advertisers stay away as CEO defends Musk’s “go f*** yourself” interview (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Zellith@kbin.social 137 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Yaccarino said she is "immensely proud to lead this company," and told employees they should feel the same. "You're at X because you have the courage and conviction to build and operationalize the most consequential platform that exists. That's quite an enviable position to be in," Yaccarino wrote.

Meanwhile in March...

Elon Musk fires senior Twitter employee who slept in office to meet deadlines

It's almost as if they will say anything.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 84 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Let’s be real, you’re at X because you’re on a visa and can’t leave without being kicked out of the country.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 5 points 11 months ago

Yay import labor to lower internal ability of workers to negotiate for the sake of larger global control!

[–] AcidOctopus@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months ago

Yep, it's like it's her generously compensating job compels her or something.

Who'd have thunk it?

(For real though, what did people expect her to say?)

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

operationalize

[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 11 months ago

they workshopped it and found that the word had the right balance of motivation & positive vibes while conveying little meaning.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 points 11 months ago

You think every english teacher ever is just giving up? We dont seem interested in using this language very well.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

Quick! Be proud to work there before you're laid off.