The billionaire owner and CEO Linda Yaccarino dialed in from out of town, vaguely touting new features that will roll out in the coming months.
There is very little surprising about Elon Musk’s methods of running X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, seemingly into the ground. A year after Musk officially took over the platform, both he and recently installed X CEO Linda Yaccarino held a joint all-hands Thursday to address some of the changes at the company and suggested that X might be a new financial platform.
Neither Musk himself nor Yaccarino showed up, according to a report from Fortune Thursday. The two executives dialed in remotely from Austin and New York City, respectively, citing an anonymous source within the company. Musk and Yaccarino skipping out on an in-person appearance during the all-hands comes after the former demanded employees return to office 40 hours per week last November, according to Insider, in one of his first sweeping changes as owner.
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It’s a common misconception, in most countries the time off you get is a right but not when you get it.
If your boss wants you to take specific days off you must oblige. If they say spread your vacation out over the next 10 Tuesdays that’s the end of it.
I think they’re arguing that unless you make yourself easily replaceable, you don’t have to make it a negotiation. They aren’t arguing the law, they’re just talking power dynamics.
But I’m saying it’s not a freindly notice, it is a request and it can be denied and dictated at any time.
Most companies aren’t idiots about it, and I would quit on the spot if my company denied my time off at the last minute, but you don’t know their situation. That’s why we need rights!
Nah, fuck that noise. I’m not a child or a slave. It’s a notice not a request. You don’t get to dictate my time just cause you are paying me to sell you my time. If you’re such a child that you are incapable of doing your job as a manager. Then I didn’t need this job anyway, there are plenty more.
Your point regarding the legalities of the situation wasn’t missed. I agree with you that we need rights, but the point on the other side is while they can indeed say no, they cannot compel you to come in through means other than threatening firing you. They can say no and attempt to intimidate you, but firing and retraining for most non-entry level roles is a lot of work and often not worth the time and effort compared to letting an employee have a week off.
So while it is formally a request, we as employees can present it as an ultimatum and often if you aren’t terrible at your job, the power-tripping boss will realize it is easier for them to acquiesce and let you have your vacation than it is to go through the hiring process.
