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Games were rampant on Twitter on Thursday, the day after Elon Musk, owner and chief of Twitter for three weeks, asked employees who survived the first wave of layoffs to choose between giving “everything, unconditionally” or leave.
A funeral atmosphere reigned this Friday on the little bird’s social network, with the hashtag #RIPTwitter leading the trends. According to various US media outlets, hundreds of employees have chosen to leave.
“I may be exceptional, but (…) I’m not staunch,” tweeted Andrea Horst, whose LinkedIn profile still reads “Supply Chain Manager (Survivor) on Twitter.”
She added the hashtag “#lovewhereyouworked”, which means “Love the place where you work”, like dozens of other employees who announced their choice on the platform.
Half of the 7,500 employees of the Californian group were already fired a fortnight ago by the billionaire, and some 700 employees had already resigned during the summer, even before being sure that the acquisition would go ahead.
On Thursday night, many users of the social network, including former employees, journalists and analysts, were wondering if the end of Twitter was near.
True to form, Musk was ironic about the situation.
“And… we just hit a new Twitter usage peak, lol,” joked Elon Musk, who bought the platform for $44 billion on October 27.
He also tweeted a pirate flag with skulls and a meme, featuring a man with a blue bird face posing in front of a grave also masked with a blue bird, as if Twitter was hilariously attending his own funeral.
Office Closure
On Thursday afternoon, Twitter warned all employees that company buildings were temporarily closed and inaccessible, even with an ID card, according to an internal letter published by several US news outlets.
“Offices will reopen on Monday, November 21. Thank you for your flexibility. Please continue to comply with internal rules by refraining from discussing confidential information on social media, with the press or anywhere else,” the message read.
NEW: Twitter just alerted employees that effective immediately, all office buildings are temporarily closed and badge access is suspended. No details given as to why.
— Zoë Schiffer (@ZoeSchiffer) November 17, 2022
On Wednesday, Elon Musk asked individual employees of the social network to commit to “working long hours at high intensity” “to build a revolutionary Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world.”
“Only an exceptional performance will deserve a sufficient rating,” it said in the internal letter, seen by AFP.
Employees had until Thursday afternoon to click the “yes” box, on pain of having to leave Twitter with a severance payment corresponding to three months’ salary.
This method is unusual even in the United States, where labor law protects employees less than in many developed countries.
On Thursday night, anti-Elon Musk messages were projected onto the façade of the company’s San Francisco headquarters, right next to the logo, including “Elon Musk, shut up,” “Stop toxic Twitter” or “Go ahead with bankruptcy,” according to photos by Gia Vang, a journalist for the local NBC affiliate.
