Twitter laying off 9% of global work force

A Battered Mars Bar

No harm to give it to them. Smug IT workers during the recession gloating in their cushy jobs. Won't be long before they're all replaced with computers anyway. And smug HR saying to upskill and learn code lol. IT the dying trade.

osarusan

Smug IT workers during the recession gloating in their cushy jobs.

A Bitter Mars Bar would be more appropriate.

Harvey Normal

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

No harm to give it to them. Smug IT workers during the recession gloating in their cushy jobs. Won't be long before they're all replaced with computers anyway. And smug HR saying to upskill and learn code lol. IT the dying trade.

If computers replace software engineers they will replace everything else. This is one company's problem. Probably mostly non tech layoffs

JustTheOne

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

No harm to give it to them. Smug IT workers during the recession gloating in their cushy jobs. Won't be long before they're all replaced with computers anyway. And smug HR saying to upskill and learn code lol. IT the dying trade.

Yeah great more people loosing jobs, sure that won't affect the tax payer.

whiskeyman

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

IT the dying trade.

Believe that if you want!

Winterlong

Bitter taste of this thread.

A Battered Mars Bar

Harvey Normal wrote: »

If computers replace software engineers they will replace everything else. This is one company's problem. Probably mostly non tech layoffs

You don't need human operator the computer. Computer operate the computer.

eeguy

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

IT the dying trade.

The most profitable trade in the last 20 years you mean?

Your Face

I hope they find an even cushyier job before the next recession.

A Battered Mars Bar

eeguy wrote: »

The most profitable trade in the last 20 years you mean?

Eh 12 years ago the trades was in bits. Their time is over. The little run is finished. Confined to the ages like the factory workers of the past.

A Battered Mars Bar

Your Face wrote: »

I hope they find an even cushyier job before the next recession.

I doubt they've much skill in anything else. Probably best learn shovel.

eeguy

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

Eh 12 years ago the trades was in bits. Their time is over. The little run is finished. Confined to the ages like the factory workers of the past.

Not even worth thinking of a rebuttal

A Battered Mars Bar

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

No harm to give it to them. Smug IT workers during the recession gloating in their cushy jobs. Won't be long before they're all replaced with computers anyway. And smug HR saying to upskill and learn code lol. IT the dying trade.

Oh Yipee great......people losing jobs???......

Seriously OP

A Battered Mars Bar

JustTheOne wrote: »

Yeah great more people loosing jobs, sure that won't affect the tax payer.

Will be great actually. As the hard working decent tax payer won't be funding these free loading spongers any longer. Still waiting on my 13 billion apple.

eeguy

Care to share what you do OP?

Just so we can have a good laugh.

JustTheOne

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

Will be great actually. As the hard working decent tax payer won't be funding these free loading spongers any longer. Still waiting on my 13 billion apple.

What?

Stigura

OP gets all twisted up over Twitter, I'd say.

A Battered Mars Bar

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

You don't need human operator the computer. Computer operate the computer.

Ye you'll figure it out eventually......There has to be someone at the end of a computer somewhere.... Do you actually need this explained to you?

whoopsadoodles

IT a dying trade.

That's the funniest thing I've read in AH in the past year

Agent Smith

#jobfairy

Francie Barrett

Aren't Twitter in Ireland?

seamus

Twitters been flagging for a long time. Huge overheads and very poor profits (if any) for a company valued in the billions.

Over time it's been having difficulty gaining new users as it's largely become a platform for loud people to be loud and angry at eachother and marketing companies to gather data on you.

Unlike facebook, there's no personal aspect to twitter, the "social" aspect involves getting into arguments and the nature of what it does has remained largely unchanged.

Other platforms have diversified not only the nature of the platform, but also the nature of the business; facebook is building enormous datacentres and will likely enter the cloud computing market against AWS.

Twitter hasn't, and now it's a dead duck (pun intended).

A Battered Mars Bar

JustTheOne wrote: »

What?

Are you deaf?

gandalf

Twitter was banking on being taken over. The last serious suitor was Salesforce and they said around two weeks ago that they weren't interested. Afaik Twitter has never made money so it was inevitable that they would downsize. Even if they were taken over there would have been a bloodbath.

If technical staff are let go they will find a job almost immediately. The "soft skills" people may have a tougher struggle. Whatever happens I wish them good luck, it's not a nice trait to revel in anothers misfortune OP :rolleyes:

A Battered Mars Bar

eeguy wrote: »

Care to share what you do OP?

Just so we can have a good laugh.

I'm beer taster for well known brand.

A Battered Mars Bar

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

Will be great actually. As the hard working decent tax payer won't be funding these free loading spongers any longer. Still waiting on my 13 billion apple.

And what about the common worker with Twitter who has bills to pay and families to support? :mad: Cop the fúck on. Unemployment is never fun for anyone and it puts extra pressure on the state coffers too

I dont agree with the tax breaks either but i certainly dont want to see jobs lost.

Butters1979

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

No harm to give it to them. Smug IT workers during the recession gloating in their cushy jobs. Won't be long before they're all replaced with computers anyway. And smug HR saying to upskill and learn code lol. IT the dying trade.

Believe me, as computers replace the workforce, IT jobs will just increase. These lay offs have nothing to do with the IT sector. But hey, people are losing their jobs, come on the internet to cheer about it. It means less people paying into your dole.

razorblunt

I thought a Mars bar helped you to work, not just rest and play?

eeguy

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

I'm beer taster for well known brand.

Aren't we all.

A Battered Mars Bar

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

I'm beer taster for well known brand.

Explains your posts....go off and sleep it off.

Graham

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

I'm beer taster for well known brand.

You're obviously working today then

Butters1979

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

I'm beer taster for well known brand.

I read "scrounger"

A Battered Mars Bar

gandalf wrote: »

Whatever happens I wish them good luck, it's not a nice trait to revel in anothers misfortune OP :rolleyes:

I think you'll find it''s merely karma as the IT''s were first to pounce on the weak during the recession and gloat about their 100k jobs. Too bad they're lucky to even break 20k graduating these days. Wheel is always turning. Always turning.

midnight city

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

I'm beer taster for well known brand.

Unemployed i'd guess

Lux23

They never made any money because the platform is not worth monetising all they have is active users and a few sponsored posts.

4068ac1elhodqr

2 Billion Jobs to Disappear by 2030, mainly due to automation and technological development.
Obviously it will require people with qwerty keyboards to code/edit the automation process.

Jobs to go: traditional power plant workers, transport drivers (of any type), teachers, trainers, fashion producers, construction, farmers, fishing, mining, soldiers, vehicle inspectors & QA-engineers.

Job to be created: micro-power plant workers, traffic-distribution designers, software-course-ware designers, 3d printer repairers, robot designers-engineers-repairers, programmers.

SnakePlissken

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

I'm taster for well known brand.

Domestos? You're not supposed to drink it ye big ham.

A Battered Mars Bar

Are ye all jealous about my job lol? Sure isn't IT better. I know I'd rather be stuck in a cubicle all day staring at code instead of travelling the world approving quality beer.

Zubeneschamali

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

You don't need human operator the computer. Computer operate the computer.

Bad computer - no posting to boards on own, wait for human operator!

Harvey Normal

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

Will be great actually. As the hard working decent tax payer won't be funding these free loading spongers any longer. Still waiting on my 13 billion apple.

You're confusing corporation taxes with personal taxes here.

Harvey Normal

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

Are ye all jealous about my job lol? Sure isn't IT better. I know I'd rather be stuck in a cubicle all day staring at code instead of travelling the world approving quality beer.

You should retrain then.

SnakePlissken

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

Are ye all jealous about my job lol? Sure isn't IT better. I know I'd rather be stuck in a cubicle all day staring at code instead of travelling the world approving quality beer.

I always wondered what happened to Jay after the Inbetweeners ended, how are ya keeping, still shagging a different supermodel every day of the week?

stimpson

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

I think you'll find it''s merely karma as the IT''s were first to pounce on the weak during the recession and gloat about their 100k jobs. Too bad they're lucky to even break 20k graduating these days. Wheel is always turning. Always turning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3_DjiLLDfo

A Battered Mars Bar

Mr.S wrote: »

If IT engineers and the likes get 'replaced by computers' then ever profession will follow suit. Bit of a moot argument.

Twitter is laying off staff because the business model (or lack thereof) is failing and popularity of the platform is decreasing.

If you worked for Twitter you can pretty much walk into any job. Recruiters will have snapped up all of them before the end of their last day.

The Arts won't. Computers don't have Art.

osarusan

Beer taster...is it this beer?

Butters1979

I lost my job to a computer :mad::mad:
But good news, I got a higher paying job running the computer that took my job. :D

Harvey Normal

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

The Arts won't. Computers don't have Art.

True. But you taste beer. Which by the way depends on hipster IT workers with beards buying craft beer.

I checked and no tech jobs are threatened here.

A Battered Mars Bar

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

I think you'll find it''s merely karma as the IT''s were first to pounce on the weak during the recession and gloat about their 100k jobs. Too bad they're lucky to even break 20k graduating these days. Wheel is always turning. Always turning.

I'm about to graduate this year in 'IT' and majority of graduate positions are offering around 30k.

Harvey Normal

Harvey Normal wrote: »

True. But you taste beer. Which by the way depends on hipster IT workers with beards buying craft beer.

I checked and no tech jobs are threatened here.

Beer brewing is also computerised. Some microbrewers are known to use 'Raspberry Pi' to regulate temperatures during the process, etc.

jimgoose

Twitter is pointless bollocks. Civilisation is slowly coming around to this realisation. And OP, you're a very small Perl script - I replaced you years ago, remember?

A Battered Mars Bar

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

I'm beer taster for well known brand.

Its official. Beer really does kill brain cells.