‘#R.I.P Twitter’ Trends As Musk’s Ultimatum To Staff Reportedly Triggers Exodus And Offices Close—Here’s What You Need To Know

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Confusion reigns at Twitter as the company closed its offices and hundreds of employees opted to leave rather than sign on to Elon Musk’s demand they work longer hours, the latest in a series of chaotic developments as concerns grow that the billionaire’s leadership is putting the social media platform’s future at risk.

The Twitter workers reportedly decided to resign rather than accept Elon Musk’s demands that they work longer hours … [+]High intensity

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Hundreds of Twitter’s remaining employees reportedly resigned rather than agree to Musk’s “extremely hardcore” ultimatum to work long hours at high intensity, which had a deadline of 5 p.m. ET on Thursday

Although the social media company told its employees abruptly that it would close their offices until Monday, they did not provide any explanation.

The scale of the departure has reportedly sparked confusion over who should still be allowed access and the Platformer’s Zoe Schiffer said the closure is a stalling tactic to solve the issue and assuage the fears of Musk and his team, who are “terrified employees are going to sabotage the company.”

The exodus means multiple systems vital to ensuring the platform stays working now have just one or two—or, in some cases, zero—engineers servicing them, the Washington Post reported and the Verge said multiple critical teams “have now either completely or near-completely resigned,” both citing unnamed people familiar with the situation.

The latest Twitter turmoil sparked fears among users the platform could soon go dark, with many sending out goodbye tweets and “Goodbye Twitter” and “RIPTwitter” trending on the site.

Musk, the ever-trolling king of trolls, seemed unperturbed by this situation. posting memes joking about the platform’s death saying he is “not super worried” by the departures as “the best people are staying.”

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Musk has said he’s not worried about the number of departures. But there is evidence that the numbers are much higher than expected. Before Thursday’s deadline, Twitter reportedly walked back its earlier demands that workers abandon working remotely. Previous to this, Twitter asked those it had fired for their return because they were late realizing the value of their skills or work. The workers told the Washington Post According to the Verge, it’s likely that the platform will soon stop working.

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It’s unclear exactly how many employees remain at Twitter. Musk took control of the company with over 7,000 employees. He said that this was a significant headcount and it would be financially impossible to sustain. The billionaire fired senior leadership and Twitter’s entire board during …read more

Source:: Social Media Explorer