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This is the question being discussed.

> Which company is going to have an easier time hiring

The one that people want to work for and don't have to "sell out" to do it.

> Most people have a price at which they will sell out.

Sure. Agreed. But now you've tripled your OpEx vs your competitors. And the people that sold out aren't in any way loyal, so will bounce. But if they aren't offering substantially more, the money doesn't matter. It's all basically the same anyways.

And then you have to consider financials and leadership. Twitter financials got substantially worse (20x) from my understanding after Musk took over because of the debt he now has.

And as far as leadership goes: he was forced to buy it. That really doesn't look good.



> The one that people want to work for and don't have to "sell out" to do it.

Nope, this is wrong if the company can afford to pay more. Just look at companies like Jane Street, HRT, etc. The high comp they are willing to pay makes them harder to get into than Twitter, Meta, etc by a long shot. They have a far easier time hiring.




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