Another quarter is reluctant to stay. Through Blind, employees can register with the company’s e-mail address and then exchange information anonymously with each other. It’s not clear how many of the currently approximately 3,000 employees really want to stay.
However, the blind poll shows the team’s dismay at Musk’s actions, which has kept social network employees on their toes with his suggestions since the takeover three weeks ago. On an internal messaging service, more than 500 employees wrote farewell messages on Thursday, a source said. Another reported teams that closed their hats.
IMAGO/ZUMA Wire/Michael Ho Wai Lee Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco
“Long workdays with high intensity”
Musk’s personnel policy has bizarre features. In early November, he first laid off about 3,700 people, about half of Twitter’s employees, and then asked some of them to come back.
After last week’s mass layoffs, Musk asked his employees to sign a “statement of work” by Thursday committing to “extraordinary accomplishments”. Those who fail to do so will be terminated with immediate effect, but will receive compensation.
No information: press office lost most of its employees
As the Guardian reported, the number of those who do not want to sign these terms is greater than Musk expected. Hundreds would have decided to leave the company, as reported by the US media. To counteract this, he is said to have lifted the recently issued work-from-home ban on Thursday. Twitter employees would have the right to work from home if their managers attested to their above-average commitment.
Musk commented on Twitter on Thursday about potential layoffs. “The best people stay.” He also joked, “How do you make a small fortune on social media? You start with a large fortune.” Twitter itself could not initially be reached for comment. The company lost most of its public relations staff.
Portal/Brendan Mcdermid Twitter staff enters Twitter post in New York in better times
After the ultimatum expired, Musk released a skull and crossbones flag on Twitter. He also posted a photo of a man with a blue Twitter logo in front of his head crouched over a grave that also has a Twitter logo on its headstone – as if Twitter was attending its own funeral.
Musk blocks employees
According to industry journalist Zoe Schiffer, Twitter management informed employees on Thursday that the offices are temporarily closed with immediate effect and cannot be accessed even with an electronic door opener. There is no justification for this, according to Schiffer. The New York Times reported that the offices are expected to remain closed through Monday. Security forces were said to have already evicted staff from rooms on Thursday.
Twitter offices suspended until Monday
Ever since billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter, things have been going uphill on the social network. All Twitter offices are closed until Monday.
Musk, the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist”, wants to relax the rules of conduct on the short message service and make Twitter the “most accurate source of information”. Experts fear the service will become a playground for false reports and conspiracy theories.
SpaceX as a substitute for the advertising boycott
It was only on Tuesday that the richest person in the world postponed the new subscription model with the blue check symbol until the end of November. He was reacting to a flood of fake Twitter profiles. Several large corporations, including automaker Volkswagen and airline United Airlines, have suspended advertising on the network due to concerns over the development of Twitter.
Portal/Adrees Latif With SpaceX, Musk is giving himself a lot of publicity for Twitter
They worry that their ads could appear alongside offensive tweets if Musk relaxes the rules, as announced. Now, according to reports, Musk’s space company, SpaceX, has booked huge publicity on Twitter. It’s unclear how Twitter will continue financially. Musk himself did not rule out bankruptcy when he presented himself to employees in mid-November.
Apparently the technical issues are also piling up. According to Downdetector.com, reports of Twitter app outages increased from less than 50 to around 350 on Thursday. “When something breaks, there’s nobody left to fix it,” said one source.
Politicians also want to know more
The uprisings have now also alarmed politicians. For example, the department that was supposed to track “Fake News” and company has apparently been drastically reduced. According to internal reports last week, the heads of trust and security, compliance and data protection officer resigned.
These outings called American officials to action and now occupy politicians as well. US senators have asked the FTC consumer protection authority to review the lawsuits. “In recent weeks, Twitter’s new boss, Elon Musk, has taken alarming measures that have undermined the integrity and security of the platform.”
Lawyer: Musk is not afraid of the FTC
US President Joe Biden had already discussed a review of cooperation and technical cooperation between Twitter and other countries. An internal letter from Musk’s personal legal adviser, Alex Spiro, is said to have been one of the triggers: “Elon is launching rockets into space. He is not afraid of the FTC.”
The FTC said it was “deeply concerned” about the development. Without a quick replacement, Twitter risks violating regulatory requirements. “No CEO is above the law,” said FTC CEO Douglas Farrar. Companies must follow the guidelines. His authority has the necessary instruments to apply them.
EU with harsh criticism
European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova criticized Musk. He fired “very experienced officials who, over the years of consultation, have understood what we want in Europe,” Jourova told ZDF on Friday. She added: “We want social media that serves people and doesn’t spread harmful content.” Musk downplayed that people want to communicate on social networks that “observe basic rules like decency and trustworthiness — and that’s a far cry from the digital wild west.” 🇧🇷
Jourova is responsible for values and transparency, as well as upholding the rule of law at the EU Commission. The EU will not accept if the European information space is poisoned again via Twitter, for example through Russian propaganda, she also told the newspapers of the VRM media group.
twitter in trouble
Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion. The service was already in the red before the takeover. Twitter also has a loan of about $13 billion that Musk took out for the purchase. In interest alone, $1.2 billion will mature over the next twelve months. That compares with a cash inflow of $1.1 billion announced by Twitter in June. Musk wants to supplement advertising revenue, which so far accounts for 90% of revenue, with a subscription business.