Elon Musk gave them until yesterday to decide if they wanted to work long hours or leave the company. The answer was quite clear: hundreds decided to look for another job. No one knows for sure how many employees left, but there are a lot. Since Human Resources is already empty, the only way to find out who is leaving the company is through farewells on the social network or on the company’s internal communication network.
When he took over the company, Elon Musk fired about 7,500 people. Two weeks marked by various layoffs and layoffs followed. Now the departure was massive.
EITHER The Washington Post spoke to some people, who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation, and who say that in several departments teams of engineers dealing with critical systems have been reduced to one or two people, others have ceased to exist. There are also many who are now gone, but who maintain access to the Twitter system because whoever should have deleted their profile is also gone.
Many wonder about Twitter’s ability to continue to function. According to an official, heard by the American newspaper, among those who refused to sign Musk’s proposal is half of the security policy team, including most of those who worked on the detection of disinformation. unwanted mailfake accounts and identity theft.
In a sign that the number of layoffs was higher than expected, the South African businessman reversed his decision to ban teleworking yesterday, but it was too late.
On the facade of the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, the discontent of the workers was clearly visible. In front of Elon Musk’s name, several adjectives were projected: “childish”, “megalomaniac”, “little racist”, “incompetent billionaire”, “parasite supreme” and ” racial segregation🇧🇷
In addition to employees, the night was also marked by users who decided to leave Twitter. As news of the departure of hundreds of workers spread, many began exchanging contacts and setting up meetups on other networks like Discord and Mastodon.
EITHER hashtag dominant became #RIPTwitter.
Source: TSF
