After firing half the teams at Twitter (some by mistake), Elon Musk could cause a new internal bleeding. As reported by Washington Post, the new owner and head of the platform sent a document to be signed by email to all the teams, on the night of November 15-16. The latter are invited to fully commit to their strategy, or jump ship.
“If you’re sure you want to be a part of the new Twitter, click the link below,” the email that sends to a form specifies. As reported by the US media, any Twitter employee who has not signed up by Thursday, November 17 at 2:00 p.m. (San Francisco time) will be fired. They will receive compensation equivalent to three months’ salary.
“Outstanding Performance”
Always according to the same source, Elon Musk’s message calls for “extreme involvement” as well as “working long hours at high intensity.” “Only exceptional performance will suffice,” adds the billionaire.
Since taking over Twitter at the end of October, Elon Musk has made radical decisions, both in terms of human resources and in terms of what he offers to users. Despite warnings from his teams, the Tesla boss tried to generate new revenue by allowing each user to pay for an $8 blue certification badge, without any identity verification.
A highly criticized choice within the company, which turned out to be a fiasco: users used this low-cost certification to create fake accounts and spread false information. With dire financial consequences for Twitter, which is facing an unprecedented leak by advertisers.
Faced with this situation, Elon Musk finally deactivated this new certification purchase option, while specifying that it will return on November 29.
Source: BFM TV
