T has Stink and Twitter has Elon. Both companies are considered Tech, and both are currently in some pretty bad situations. Both are also now considered among the most toxic work environments, but I wonder which is worse?
Stink was deeply involved with both the DTV (2015) and TW (2018) mergers, spending over $150B and resulting over $100B in unsustainable debt even after unloading both companies. Stink also was involved in such business disasters as DTV Now, AT&TTV, and HBO Max. Under Stink's watch there have been multiple layoffs each year to compensate for his incompetence, resulting in a near 45% reduction in headcount from 2015 (281,000) and 2022 (160,000). Finally, Stink has driven the stock price to 30+ year lows.
Elon spend $44B on acquiring twitter simply because he was butt-hurt, and immediately went on a tirade, laying off a staggering 66 - 82% of his workforce (numbers are inconclusive since Twitter is no longer public). He also eliminated nearly every restriction on content, causing a surge in hate, racist, and threatening posts; implemented many policies that were unpopular (monthly fee for verification, etc); and has made numerous ad hoc decisions which were later reversed. All of this has resulted in a 50% drop in ad revenue and a drop in at least 5% of the users.
Both Elon and Stink are arrogant pr!cks who have created cults of personality around them, and who run their companies through intimidation, destroying employee morale and creating toxic workplace environments. Stink's actions include openly lying to employees, and conjuring up this RTO and Hub policy that is further eroding any trust in his capabilities. Elon, on the other hand, is refusing to pay rent from the time he took over in Dec 2022 for office space in multiple locations, and has routinely engaged in juvenile behavior including insults, threats, lies, and knowingly spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories. His most recent move is to try and pick an actual fight with Mark Zuckerberg.
It's tough to chose which is worse. My guess is that Twitter is slightly worse because Elon is a bigger d'ouchebag because of his social media behavior. But then again, that's like saying it's better to die from brain cancer than liver cancer because there's slighly less pain.