(San Francisco) Quits multiplied on Twitter Thursday, the day after Elon Musk issued an ultimatum, asking employees surviving the first wave of layoffs to choose between giving themselves “completely, unconditionally” and quitting.
“I may be eccentric, but […] I’m not unconditional”, tweeted Andrea Horst, for example, whose LinkedIn profile still displays “Supply Chain Manager (Survivor) on Twitter”.
She added the hashtag “#lovewhereyouworked” to say, “Love where you worked,” as many other employees announced their choice.
According to Zoë Schiffer, a journalist for the exclusive media platform, Twitter warned all employees on Thursday afternoon that the offices were temporarily closed and that they could not enter even with a badge.
On Wednesday, Elon Musk, Twitter’s owner and boss for three weeks, urged the social network’s employees to personally commit to “working longer hours with greater intensity,” to “build the revolutionary Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world.”
“Only exceptional performance has the appropriate mark value,” he said in this internal letter, consulted by AFP.
Employees have until Thursday afternoon to click the “yes” box and leave Twitter with three months’ salary.
The practice is also contested in the United States, where labor laws are less protective of employees than in many developed countries.
The multi-billionaire has already laid off half of the group’s 7,500 employees two weeks ago.
“I am speechless, I am grateful to say that I was able to land my dream job and achieve more than I ever imagined. It’s been a great journey,” Deanna Hines-Glasgow, director of customer relations at Twitter, tweeted Thursday, according to her LinkedIn profile.
She defines herself as “XTweep” and “Blackbird,” a nickname for Twitter employees, after the name of a support group for African-American employees of the California company.
“To all the tweeps who decided today was their last day: Thank you for being wonderful colleagues through the ups and downs. I can’t wait to see what you do next,” said Esther Crawford, director of product development for the platform, one of the few managers who hasn’t resigned or been fired and is still publicly supporting the platform. A new leader.
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