Twitter Inc. on Thursday announced it would temporarily close the office after Elon Musk issued an ultimatum to employees.
Twitter Inc. on Thursday announced it was temporarily closing the office after Elon Musk gave employees an ultimatum: Stay at the company “work long hours at a high intensity” or quit with three months of severance pay.
The closure until Monday comes after more workers than expected opted for the latter option, according to people familiar with the situation, causing confusion over who should still be allowed access. to the Twitter base.
It was a new blow to Musk, who laid off half of the company’s workforce when he took over, before having to ask some of them back to build the foundation he envisioned.
As Twitter’s internal channels of communication flooded with employees announcing they were leaving, Musk downplayed his earlier decree not to work remotely. “All it takes to get approved is your manager’s responsibility to make sure you’re making an outstanding contribution,” he wrote in an email Thursday.
Company-related topics became mainstream in the US following this news, including #RIPTwitter, Twitter HQ, Apparently Twitter, and $44 billion, which is the price Musk paid for the business. Social Network.
Below is the memo the company sent to employees announcing the office closure:
Hi,
Effective immediately, we will be temporarily closing our office buildings and all badge access will be suspended. Offices will reopen on Monday, November 21.
Thank you for your flexibility. Please continue to comply with company policy by not discussing confidential company information on social media, with the press or anywhere else.
We look forward to working with you in the exciting future of Twitter.
Twitter.
