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by asplake 792 days ago
Ugh - the “burning platform”. Is it ever used authentically? Does it ever go well? I do believe that its typically inauthentic use is mostly self-defeating – people can smell inauthenticity a mile away.
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Elsewhere on this topic someone wrote

> Only for executives? Sounds like a good move actually.

There's plenty of folks who fall for this, hook, line and sinker. There's plenty of Elon stans out there who actually believe he works 120 hour work weeks.

Maybe if using Twitter while you own it counts as working there.
Maybe it's a kind of test where how and what you do during it is evaluated, not the stated objectives of fighting fire for the business. But as another comment pointed out with twitter execs sleeping under desks, even they got fired.

Perhaps it's not even a test but a kind of warning that layoffs of managers will happen regardless. Given that, what would game suggest as an optimal playing strategy?