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Post-Elon Musk Twitter Problems (TWTR) could reach a point of existence as speculation that the company will not continue in its current form increased on Friday following another employee exodus.
Hundreds of workers, including many key software developers and engineers, decided to quit on Thursday instead of subscribing to Musk’s “extremely hardcore” culture at the company, according to published reports citing sources. and employee Slack messages.
Twitter’s new director has set a deadline of 5 p.m. ET on Thursday for employees to click on a link and commit to using Twitter 2.0 and “working intense long hours.” Many employees have decided to take a three-month severance instead.
In response to the exodus, Twitter will close offices, as it did after the initial wave of layoffs or big layoffs, as it decides who stays with the company.
“Effective immediately, we will be temporarily closing our office buildings and all badge access will be suspended. Offices will reopen on Monday, May 21st. 11,” the company said in a memo obtained by Bloomberg. “Thanks for your flexibility. Please continue to follow company policy by not discussing confidential company information on social media, with the press or anywhere else.”
Tweet goodbye: On Twitter on Friday morning, hashtags # #RIPTwitter, #ApparentlyTwitter and #TwitterMigration are trending.
Accounts that posted information on other social media networks they could be found on, such as Mastadon, asked if the accounts were active on Meta’s (META) Instagram should be created, and funny farewell tweets such as the “It’s a privilege” meme of the band playing in the movie Titanic.
Twitter staff also said they goodbye and send support messages on the platform. However, there is little sign of a significant drop in the number of Twitter posts.
inflection point?: The latest exodus comes after Musk initially laid off half of Twitter’s employees as he sought to make the company leaner and cut costs. Following the departure of top executives, Musk is said to have fired several employees who had criticized him within the company Slack.
Yesterday’s decisions were enough for Musk to make moves to retain some employees.
As the “tough” deadline approached, Musk’s team held a face-to-face meeting and videoconference with key employees who were still undecided, but as the deadline passed, some people began to hang up. machine while Tesla (TSLA) the founder is still speaking, the New York Times reported.
He also appeared to soften his stance on telecommuting, saying in an email that he will no longer make the final decisions on his own about who can work remotely. But that may have backfired as he puts manager jobs first over employee remote performance, adding a new level of insecurity at work.
“Any manager who falsely claims that someone reporting to them is doing excellent work or that a certain role is needed, whether remote or not, will be fired,” he said.
Musk said earlier this week that he won’t Permanent Director of Twitter.
