The photo of Elon Musk seen over the Twitter logo in this illustration was taken on October 28, 2022.
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On Friday, Twitternew owner of Elon Musk sent a company-wide email to employees of the social media giant thanking them for the long hours since he took over on October 28.
Musk said he personally also stayed at Twitter’s headquarters office in San Francisco on Thursday night. He then invited employees who had returned to the San Francisco office and those who survived a 50% reduction in the workforce last week, to visit him.
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Among the brands impersonated were Eli Lilly, multinational video game and pharmaceutical giant Nintendo and Elon Musk’s electric car company, Tesla.
Two current Twitter employees told CNBC they are receiving calls from colleagues and customers about all the changes to the platform.
One said Twitter often makes product changes slower and more careful, and that’s because they have to balance user behavior, safety, and revenue impact. The new, more experimental approach Musk is taking has baffled many advertisers, and even the FTC.
Employees also said they wanted more clarity on the company’s new time off and return-to-office policy, and Elon Musk’s e-mail left them with many questions. Friday is a national holiday in the US, Veterans Day, and some workers don’t expect them to have to, while others are wondering if they’ll still approve the exceptions that allow them to. continue to work from home or not. Two employees told CNBC that they have not received formal guidance from the company’s human resources department regarding remote work.
This week, Musk told Twitter employees that he’s reversing the company’s previous process.”work from home forever“The policy was issued by his friend and personal collaborator, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
Here is the e-mail from Elon Musk to Twitter employees on Friday, transcribed by CNBC:
From: Elon Musk
Date: November 11, 2022 [time stamp removed]
To: Group at Twitter
Subj. Being there (Good movie)
I stayed at Twitter HQ until last night and wanted to thank the people who were there with me, as well as the teleworkers, some of whom stayed up even longer.
To reiterate, working remotely is fine if you can’t reasonably get to the office and you’re hitting the mark. That said, I am a big believer in esprit de Corps and the effectiveness of being in the same place.
I will stay in the office today. Stop by the 10th floor if you want to talk about taking Twitter to the next level. The priority is short-term actions.
Thank,
Elon
