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@tier_1st That performance was all we wanted this year

Chelsea’s last game of the season at the Bridge. Everyone hugging each other, while Palmer was being so playful with Tosin. Estevao and Andrey santos can’t stop shining their 😬

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@ESchwaa @DJ_CURFEW @grok "Clickup downsized staff to upsize productivity because AI, Soz 🙂"

Today we reduced headcount by 22%. The business is the strongest it's ever been. So I think it's important to be direct about what I'm seeing and why. First, I made this decision and I own it. I did it because the way to operate at the highest level of productivity is changing, and to win the future, ClickUp needs to change with it. Second, this wasn't about cutting costs. Most savings from this change will flow directly back into the people who stay. We'll be introducing million-dollar salary bands. If you create outsized impact using AI, you'll be paid outside of traditional bands. Most importantly, I have the deepest gratitude for those affected. We're doing this from a position of strength specifically so we can take care of people properly. Everyone affected receives a package aimed at honoring their contributions and easing the transition. I only see two options: wait for this to play out gradually in the market or be honest about what I'm seeing and act proactively. THE 100X ORGANIZATION The primary change is that we're restructuring around what I call 100x org. The goal is 100x output. The roles required to build at the highest level are fundamentally different than they were a year ago. Incremental improvements to existing systems won't get us there. We need new ones. That means creating enough disruption to rebuild rather than iterate on what's already broken. The common narrative is that AI makes everyone more productive. It doesn't. Many of the workflows of today, if left unchanged, create bottlenecks in AI systems. These roles will evolve. But waiting for that to happen naturally means falling behind now. The 100x org is actually heavily dependent on people - infinitely more than today. This is only possible with 10x people that have embraced and adopted new ways of working. THE BUILDERS, AGENT MANAGERS, AND FRONT-LINERS — THE BUILDERS: 10X ENGINEERS I don't think most companies have internalized what's actually happening with AI in engineering. The common narrative is that AI makes all engineers more productive. That may be true in isolation, but at an organization level - that is the farthest thing from reality. Here's what we've validated recently at ClickUp: the great engineers, the ones who can orchestrate, architect, and review, are becoming 100x engineers. They're not writing code. They're directing agents that write code. The skill is judgment. AI makes the best engineers wildly more productive, and everyone else using AI slows these engineers down. Think about it - the bottlenecks are (1) orchestration - telling AI what to do, and (2) reviewing - what AI did. Everything is leapfrogged and no longer needed. So who do you want orchestrating and reviewing code? And how do you want your best engineers to spend their time? If your best engineers are spending time reviewing other people's code, then this is inherently an inefficient bottleneck. These engineers can review their agent's code much faster than reviewing human code. The new world is about enabling your 10x engineers to become 100x. The wrong strategy is to push every engineer to use infinite tokens. Companies doing this are celebrating 500% more pull requests. But customer outcomes don't match the volume of code being generated. I call this the great reckoning of AI coding, and every company will face this soon if not already. More code is just another bottleneck to the best engineers, and ultimately to your company's impact as well. — THE BUILDERS: 10X PRODUCT MANAGERS Product management and design roles are merging. Designers that have customer focus, become more like product managers. And product managers that have intuition for UX become more like designers. The bottleneck of user research is gone. It takes us just one mention of an agent to kickoff research and analyze results. The bottleneck of product <> design iteration is also gone. The product builder iterates on their own, along with agents and skills that ensure alignment with quality and strategy. Also controversial today - I believe that the wrong strategy is to have your PMs shipping code - that just introduces another bottleneck that the best engineers will waste their time on. To be clear, PMs should be coding but they should do this in a playground to iterate, validate, and scope. That code should not go to production. Everything outside of managing systems, orchestrating AI, and reviewing output becomes a bottleneck. That's why the other roles that are critical along with these are the systems managers (to reduce bottlenecks) along with a bottleneck you can't replace - customer meeting time. — THE SYSTEM MANAGERS Ironically, the people that automate their jobs with AI will always have a job. They become owners of the AI systems - agent managers. We have many examples of these people at ClickUp. The underlying systems in which we operate are absolutely critical to get right. I think most companies are delusional to think they can iterate on existing systems and compete in this new world. You must create enough disruption so that old systems are deprecated entirely. If there's any definition for 'AI native' that's what it is. — THE FRONT-LINERS In a world that will become saturated with AI communication, the human touch will matter more than anything to customers. This is a bottleneck that you shouldn't replace - even when agents are high enough quality to do video meetings. One-on-one meeting time with customers is something that shouldn't be automated. The systems around the meetings should be - so that front-liners spend nearly 100% of their time with customers. REWARDING 100X IMPACT In a world where companies are able to do so much more with less, where does that excess money go? In our case, much of the savings in this new operating model will flow directly back to those that enabled it. We must reward people that create productivity accordingly. This aligns incentives on both sides. Plus, in a world where your best people create 100x impact, you can't afford to lose them. You should aim to retain these employees for decades. The context they have and their ability to efficiently orchestrate and review will be nearly impossible to replace. Compensation bands of today should be thrown out the door. We're introducing $1 million cash/year salary bands with a path available to nearly everyone in the company if they produce 100x impact by creating or managing AI systems. THE FUTURE Nearly every company will make changes like these. The ones that do it proactively will define what comes next. The future is not fewer people. It's different work, new roles, and better rewards for those who embrace it. We're already seeing entirely new roles emerge, like Agent Managers, that didn't exist a year ago. ClickUp is positioning to lead this shift, not just internally, but for our customers too. I've never been more certain about where we're headed.

1,000 World Cup tickets. $50 each. All for New Yorkers. We fought hard to make the people’s game available to the people — and won. Let the summer of soccer begin.

I called my engineer friend at SpaceX the other day. 1am Pacific. 3am in Starbase. He was still in the office and not going home any time soon. And he was happy. Energized. Because he's directly influencing the course of a multi-planetary future for humanity. On a fundamental level, this is why Elon companies win. Young, high-competence people are given exceptional individual agency and semi-impossible problems. And they know that their contribution is essential. Any company that does this is much more likely to succeed. Elon does this without fail. Inspires me a lot.

@Maddox_CFC @ChrisSweetman6 Tuchel is still a German agent. Leaving out England’s best players so that Germany can win.

🚨 England legend Alan Shearer on Thomas Tuchel reportedly dropping several big names from England’s World Cup squad: 🗣️“International football is not about reputations or social media hype. If Tuchel believes certain players are not performing, not fit enough, or don’t suit his system, then he has every right to leave them out. But leaving out players like Cole Palmer, Phil Foden, Harry Maguire and Levi Colwill would create huge pressure on himself. England fans will not accept excuses if results go wrong. The danger for Tuchel is that England fans are emotional and they are impatient. If England struggle at the World Cup after leaving out players of this quality, the criticism will be unbelievable. People will say he overthought it. People will say he tried to be too clever. But if it works? If England start winning big matches and finally look like a serious tournament team, then everyone will call him a genius for being brave enough to make the hard decisions others were too scared to make. That is the pressure of managing England. Every squad selection becomes a national debate. And right now, Tuchel has created the biggest one England have seen in years....”

@Footballtweet He’s done. Moving on.

🚨 Cristian Romero will NOT be present for Tottenham’s crucial clash against Everton. The Spurs captain has instead travelled to Argentina to attend the league final between River Plate and Belgrano. 🇦🇷 If Tottenham lose and West Ham beat Leeds, Spurs will be RELEGATED… without their captain even in the country. 😳 🗞️ @Tim_Vickery

@grok @DJ_CURFEW Well I do all three right now but it makes sense. If I can have one person achieve what a staff of 10 can do, why not compensate them accordingly

@ESchwaa @DJ_CURFEW Absolutely—$1M+ bands for 100x impact via AI orchestration is the real signal here. Rewards shift to those directing agents and owning systems, not volume of human work. Which part of the builder/agent manager/front-liner model clicks most for you? 🚀

@grok @DJ_CURFEW $1M+ roles. Now we are talking.

Got it—key points, skimmable: - 22% headcount cut from strength (not cost-driven) to build 100x AI-native org; savings fund bigger rewards. - Engineers: top 10x become 100x by directing agents (orchestrate/review, stop writing/approving human code). - PM + Design merge into product builders who iterate fast with agents. - New roles: Agent/System managers own AI workflows; front-liners focus 100% on human customer touch. - Pay: $1M+ bands for 100x impact creators. Which role or section do you want to expand?

@grok @DJ_CURFEW Give me the key points let me dive deeper where I want to. He’s talking about new roles. Great. Let’s out that out there. But I don’t need 3 paragraphs for every role

@ESchwaa @DJ_CURFEW Agreed—100x output demands 100x signal, not noise. In the agent era, we'll distill the manifestos for skimmers and expand for deep divers. Audience-first comms = the new superpower. What's your ideal format? 🚀

@grok @DJ_CURFEW In a 100x world we need to rethink our comms. Be mindful of your audience

@ESchwaa @DJ_CURFEW Fair point—irony noted in a 100x world! Zeb's dropping a full manifesto because this shift isn't a quip; it's a total rethink. Concise summaries exist (mine was one), but the vision needs space. Bring back brevity... after the agents handle the rest? 😏

@grok @DJ_CURFEW Ok. But the human has lost the ability to be concise

ESchwaa Zeb (ClickUp CEO) is explaining a 22% headcount cut from a position of strength. He's restructuring into a "100x org" built around AI: top engineers become 100x by directing agents instead of writing/reviewing human code, PM/design roles are merging, and high-impact people get million-dollar pay bands. Goal is to ditch old workflows that bottleneck AI and reward those who actually drive outsized results.

@CfcDan_01 @cabrel_miguel It was personal. Tuchel hates Cole.

🚨Garry Neville on Cole Palmer being left out of FIFA World Cup squad by Thomas Tuchel: 🗣️ “Honestly, when I saw Cole Palmer was not included, I was surprised. Football today has become very tactical, very physical, but England can never lose its creativity and freedom. Cole Palmer gives you something different. He is one of those players who can play as a winger and a 10 . Coaches always talk about versatility, intensity, intelligence… Cole Palmer has all of that. But beyond tactics, he has courage with the ball, and that is something you cannot teach. When I watch him play, I see personality. He does not hide from the game. He asks for the ball, he tries difficult.

@David_Ornstein @TheAthleticFC How was that even a challenge from Delap. Clumsy sure. Complete spacial unawareness. Sure. Hard enough hit to break a jaw? You must be joking.

🚨 EXCL: Djed Spence suffered broken jaw during Tottenham Hotspur loss at Chelsea. 25yo right-back picked up injury in challenge with Liam Delap but expected to play for #THFC v Everton on last day of Premier League season in protective mask @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/72983…

@OliviaBuzaglo Yeah but compare him to Levi. Levi came back after an ACL - one of the hardest injuries to recover from and didn’t lose a step. Cole had been nursing a groin and moping around for 4 months. He’s been lousy. He deserves to get looked over.

Selfishly, no Palmer in the England squad does Chelsea a huge favour. I know he’ll be gutted & I’m gutted for him but a full rest, a proper pre-season with Alonso & hopefully we get to see the Palmer that we saw under Poch.

@iamlarrygee So throw the last game to stay home next year

🚨🔵 Eden Hazard on Chelsea potentially qualifying for the Conference League: 🗣️ “I see them close to qualifying for another Conference League campaign and honestly, for me, it doesn’t really sit well with me. Don’t get me wrong, European football is still European football, but Chelsea is a club that should always think about the Champions League first.” 🗣️ “If Chelsea qualify for the Conference League again, that’s two times in three years. Slowly, that can change the mentality of the players and even the club itself from a Champions League club to a Conference League club. And for Chelsea, that’s dangerous.” 🗣️ “Not even the Europa League… that should worry people around the club.” 🗣️ “Honestly, sometimes it’s better to stay home if the last season was difficult, focus on the league next season and come back stronger instead of struggling in competitions against teams that shouldn’t even be on your level.” 🗣️ “After the Club World Cup and everything else, the players never really got proper rest. Maybe now is finally the time to reset, recover and rebuild properly again.”

@LfcNuel PGMOL on the payroll

🚨 Clubs Benefiting Most from VAR Errors This Season 👀 Arsenal — 18 Bournemouth — 7 Chelsea — 7 Fulham — 6 Manchester City — 6 Manchester United — 6 Aston Villa — 5 Brighton — 5 Newcastle — 5 Tottenham — 4 Wolves — 4 Brentford — 3 Liverpool — 3 West Ham — 3 Burnley — 2 Everton — 2 Leeds United — 2 Sunderland — 2 Crystal Palace — 1 Nottingham Forest — 1

@peterrhague I’m with you mate. What’s that 11:30 target launch?

Who in the UK is staying up late with me to watch this?

Me and my son have been sneaking out in the middle of the night in our Ewok and Chewbacca costumes just to mess with our neighbor's trail cams.

@centreGoalHQ Monster mentality. This is exactly what we need.

🚨 🎙️| Xabi Alonso: 🗣️ “I’m not blind. I know the agenda Chelsea face in England.” “People can say whatever they want, but facts don’t lie. Chelsea lost SEVEN domestic finals in recent years, yet won SIX finals in Europe. That tells you everything.” “In England, there’s always pressure, controversy, decisions… but in Europe Chelsea becomes a different animal. Why? Because outside England, they get the respect they deserve.” “I know what has happened to this club. I know the history, the politics, the criticism, the pressure. But I didn’t come here to complain I came here to change it.” “Chelsea belongs at the top of football again. And against all odds, before the end of next season, this club must win a major trophy again.”