Elon Musk Twitter is hell - Software Engineer II X Employee Review

1.0
Nov 5, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you're a fan of Elon Musk, maybe you'll be able to handle the expected 84-hour work weeks, lack of compensation, constant threat of more layoffs, and heckling from the public.

Cons

After 50% of the company got laid off, I was literally the only engineer left from my original team. Even my manager and staff-level teammates were gone. As I took over oncall duties for my now-deactivated teammate, with nobody to hand the role off to, ever, I saw other remaining engineers doing the same. The next time a critical issue arises, nobody is going to know how to fix it and the entire platform is just going to fail. It's extremely clear that Elon and his goons have no idea what they're doing.

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5.0
Jun 11, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

great community for web engineers. lots of mentorship available sessions to knowledge share really helped with growth

Cons

lots of projects do not make it to production lots of hoops before projects have a chance to be developed or make it hopefully to production

4.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good salary - High Ownership - Interesting Work - Get to learn more broadly of how things work at scale compared to other global social media companies - Equity Growth Overall I have gotten to take on really interesting work here and am alongside colleagues I respect and appreciate. Equity has appreciated significantly.

Cons

- Constant Layoffs/poor attrition rates - Understaffed - Lack of organization/communication from leadership

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