According to a new report, Musk ordered his staffers to work 12-hour shifts seven days a week to meet newly implemented deadlines to overhaul the platform.
I built something evil and all I got was this stupid t-shirt
Their business models make Twitter look positively sensible.
The business model for several gig economy things like the car share apps was literally "I bet we can keep this running on cheap Saudi money long enough to drive all other forms of transit including taxis and public transit out of existence, then we will be the only transit company and can set extortionate prices to turn a profit."
If I’m being reductive and especially cynical, I wouldn’t even credit those companies with that - I see it as simply “let’s get this thing to IPO and unload VC owned stock on retail investors”.
And also on the ideological front, smashing worker rights by normalizing precarious labor as “flexibility”. The gig companies might not survive, but precarious labor will.
The business model for several gig economy things like the car share apps was literally "I bet we can keep this running on cheap Saudi money long enough to drive all other forms of transit including taxis and public transit out of existence, then we will be the only transit company and can set extortionate prices to turn a profit."
If I’m being reductive and especially cynical, I wouldn’t even credit those companies with that - I see it as simply “let’s get this thing to IPO and unload VC owned stock on retail investors”.
And also on the ideological front, smashing worker rights by normalizing precarious labor as “flexibility”. The gig companies might not survive, but precarious labor will.