The magnate gave them an ultimatum to either work “extremely hard” or leave. The company is closing its offices for fear of sabotage
Twitter employees are rising up against Elon Musk and, following the controversial spate of layoffs the company is going through following the arrival of the South African tycoon, have decided to voluntarily resign because of the coercion they are facing. This has forced the technology company to close its offices.
For example, the social network closed its offices on Thursday after hundreds of employees chose to leave the company by refusing to work more hours under threat of dismissal from Elon Musk, who bought the platform at the end of October.
The company made the decision out of fears that some employees could “sabotage the social network,” asking those present to leave its offices until next Monday, Nov. 21, CNN reports.
In addition to closing its headquarters, Twitter has closed access to internal communications tools and company devices in the hands of employees, as it did a few weeks ago when 50 percent of its workforce was laid off.
This intense employee layoff comes after billionaire Elon Musk gave them an ultimatum to either work “extremely hard” at the company or leave, urging them to make a decision by 5 p.m. local time on Thursday.
At that point, hundreds of employees have been fired through Twitter’s internal communications tools, accepting Musk’s offer to receive three months’ salary if they choose to leave their position, the chain said.
Faced with this situation, fear has grown among users of the social network that it will eventually close, as predicted by some former employees of the company, who have stated that there is no minimum number of engineers in charge of any of the systems . , which could cause the platform to stop working at some point.
One of the employees who decided to reject Musk’s ultimatum explained to CNN why he prefers to leave the company, assuring that he does not want to stay to “build a product that is built inside and out.” poisoned”.
“People don’t want to sacrifice their mental health and family life to make the richest man in the world richer,” said another contributor, consulted by CNN.
Source: La Verdad
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