News from Twitter: Getting Fired Out of The Blues!

It’s raining layoffs at Twitter, and the controversy is brewing. Elon Musk has been called out for relieving many Twitter workers of their jobs following his acquisition of the company. However, in a very recent report from the guardian, he defended his actions saying: axed employees received a three-month payment from the company, which is losing more than $4m a day. About 3,700 Twitter workers were laid off yesterday, 4th of November, 2022, after a general mail was sent out to workers giving heads up about the impending change.?Of course, Musk’s actions were met with a class-action lawsuit for not giving employees prior and adequate notice and violating their rights.?Yet, he had his reasons.

However, not all fired employees have the benefit of post lay-off payment like twitter staff members. So, what do you do when you are fired out of the blues? Read here.

Tech Bros & Sis: We're All in a Marriage of Convenience

Tech is the new craze. Entrepreneurs and innovators are creating?startups?(no one really says “I’m starting a?business” anymore). Workers are looking for roles in tech (either they have to do deep tech stuff or not). Education and learning are wearing a new look because tech is what everyone is tilting to. And it’s super flexible; you can have theoretical mastery within months, and you don’t have to bag a degree to fill a role in tech. But beneath all of these, I don’t think many of us started out in life with an affection for coding, Fintech, or all that stuff. And if you ask me, I think many tech employees are in a marriage of convenience with the industry. Here's why.

Colleagues We Will Never Forget

The workplace is?a community of its own, and though what brings us together as colleagues is the work we do, we would always get to know each other beyond our professional personalities. In the process, friendships are made. Some even go ahead to become romantic partners (a whole conversation we had in?this blog post).?And some remain unforgettable colleagues marked by terrible memories.?

In?this previous vox pop edition?of On These Corporate Streets, three young Nigerians share their experiences with office politics. One of them, Folasade, mentioned how a previous experience has made her paranoid about workplaces and colleagues. And that was what led to this edition. To what extent do work relationships remain remarkable, either for or bad??Read the stories of these six people who talk about a colleague they will never forget.