When Elon Musk bought Twittera big change in the social network was expected, but possibly not this.
The South African-born tycoon made his terms clear at midnight Wednesday by giving his employees an offer: “work like crazy” or resign. The shot backfired.
Twitter is suffering an exodus of employees who did not accept the conditions of Musk, that they had an expiration date: the followingnoon this Wednesday.
Twitter loses employees en masse and closes offices
Insider reported, thanks to two sources, that all Twitter offices have been temporarily closed, with the ability of employees to enter the offices suspended, according to two sources from the prestigious outlet.
An employee indicated to the same medium that it is a measure to avoid “physical sabotage while the resignations are resolved.”
Offices are expected to reopen on Monday, following the large number of employee resignations from Twitter, a social network that had already fired at least 50% of its employees since Elon Musk assumed command.
All this chaos started an hour following the ultimatum expired, in which Elon Musk required employees to “work like crazy” or submit their resignation in search of achieving Twitter 2.0the vision of the owner of Tesla y SpaceX.
This indicates that a reduced number of employees accepted the new conditions of Elon Musk.
In previous days, Elon Musk ended remote work and free lunches at the offices of Twitter, making the conditions harder for employees to return to the offices, with the demand to work more.
The future of the social network is not clear and there is a lot of uncertainty regarding the departure of so many employees. The hashtag #RIPTWITTER is trending, reflecting the possibility that the social network is close to its death weeks following it Elon Musk bought it for $44 billion.
