The very future of Twitter is in question tonight , following reports the fellowship ’s workforce has largely rejected an ultimatum from new proprietor Elon Musk to commit to a refinement of “ long hours ” and “ extremely hardcore ” body of work .
First hand calculate from Twitter faculty and report from around the entanglement suggest a great number of the company ’s employee , who ’d survived Musk’smass culling of thousands of staffless than two week ago , have now chosen to walk off rather than buy into the unexampled regime .
The company has reportedly ( viaReuters ) closed its offices until Monday , cutting badge admission for all stave , source said , because it has fight to keep a hold on who exactly is going and detain .
Meanwhile , there are reports ( viaThe Verge ) from various sources that hundred have joined a private Twitter Slack groove called “ voluntary - redundancy ” , while one former employee said that of 50 Twitter staff member in a private chat on Signal , 40 are walking away with a severance package .
Twitter ’s Slack currently has C of employee giving the 🫡 emoji , meaning they decided to not stay for Musk ’s “ Twitter 2.0 ” cultural reset . The caller had just under 3,000 employees remain before the deadline to say “ yes ” or not strike 20 min ago .
TheNew York Timesreports that 100 of people have prefer to leave , with Musk reaching out to “ critical ” proletarian to attempt to convince them to stay . Many now - former Twitter staff have choose to go public , with a pick of the Charles William Post below :
That 5p release from the strict meritocracy#lovewhereyouworkedpic.twitter.com / OEE8zNogI3
💯 # LoveWhereYouWorkedhttps://t.co/83Xy0KHxe1
And just like that , after 12 age , I have left Twitter . I have nothing but beloved for all my lad tweeps , past and present . A thousand faces and a thousand scenes are flashing through my mind right now – I know you Twitter and I ’ll forever and a day bleed dark 🫡 💙
Twitter employees in the US had been asked to commit to the raw polish by ticking a ‘ yes ’ box on an internal Google form by 5 pm ET on Thursday . Those who responded in the damaging ( or not at all ) would efficaciously be resigning their positions .
Within the memorandum send to all continue stave at midnight on Wednesday , Musk talk of a ‘ fork in the road ’ . He wrote : “ Going frontward , to construct a breakthrough Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an more and more competitory humanity we will need to be highly hardcore . This will mean working foresighted hour at gamy intensiveness . Only exceptional operation will represent a passing grade . ”
He operate on : “ If you are trusted you want to be part of the novel Twitter , please click yes in the link below . Anyone who has not done so by 5 pm ET tomorrow ( Thursday ) will receive three month of rift . ”
There ’s been no public commentary Twitter ’s communication theory squad yet , namely because the CEO and owner already fire them all . The hashtag # RIPTwitter is the number one trending issue on Twitter . Meanwhile , the boss himself has this to say .
How do you make a small luck in societal media?Start out with a large one .
