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Subject: Re: Steam Backs Down From Forced Arbitration
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:40:11 -0000 (UTC)
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JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote at 08:47 this Sunday (GMT):
> On 28/09/2024 17:59, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> Elon Musk also tried to use forced arbitration on his (former) Twitter
>>> employees after they sued him for not giving them their severance
>>> payments in a timely manner. But, like Steam, he had to back down when
>>> the sheer number of arbitration claims made the costs skyrocket so it
>>> would have cost more than actually just paying the severance. (Musk is
>>> not the brightest of bulbs).
>>>
>> I don't think Musk is stupid, he just has a colossal ego and is 
>> something of a bully.
>
> I don't think he's stupid as such but instead his over inflated ego and 
> position of power makes he say and do stupid things bordering on the 
> unhinged. Something I read about off the record comments from senior 
> people at Space X is their job is as much to do with building spacecraft 
> as it is to steering Musk away from making any real decisions.
>
> Then there is the recent temper tantrum he's thrown as he wasn't invited 
> to a tech. summit by the UK government due to comments he made during 
> our riots and subsequently. Think of it as , well I didn't want to go to 
> your party anyway so I'm glad you didn't invite me.
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/26/elon-musk-uk-government-invite-tech-summit


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