Back on Christmas Eve of last year there were some reports that Elon Musk was in the process of shutting down Twitter’s Sacramento data center. In that article, a number of ex-Twitter employees wer…

Back on Christmas Eve of last year there were some reports that Elon Musk was in the process of shutting down Twitter’s Sacramento data center. In that article, a number of ex-Twitter employees wer…

  • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
    49·
    1 year ago

    James Musk is more of as “a fixer type,” helping Elon Musk on various tasks, one insider said.

    Twitter employees must’ve dreaded seeing this guy. “Oh no, Elon is with James again. Shit is about to hit the fan”

    • ipkpjersi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      I can’t imagine how annoying that would be. Companies with family members as employees, especially startups, are the WORST and most toxic you can get.

      • Wrench@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        1 year ago

        A former company was full of nepotism. Chinese managed company with all the stereotypical inner circle politics.

        The CEO’s daughter was appointed “chief Green officer”. We got metal bottle waters.

        The daughters boyfriend was put in Sales, and never sold a thing.

        • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
          15·
          1 year ago

          To be fair, that seems to be the best case scenario for nepotism. Imagine if the daughter and her boyfriend were put into positions of real power without the expertise to back it up. The dad seems to understand and put them kids into harmless job role.