In a message seen by the BBC, workers were told that the offices would reopen on Monday 21 November. It did not give Monday 21 November. The announcement comes amid reports that large numbers of staff were quitting after new owner Elon Musk called on them to sign up for the "Long Hours at high intensity" or level. The massage went on say: "Please continue to comply with company policy by refraining from discussing confidential company information on Social media, with the press or elsewhere." There are signs that large numbers of workers have resigned because they have not accepted Mr. Musk's new terms.
One former Twitter employee, who wished to remain anonymous, told the BBC. I think when the dust clears today, there's probably going to be less than 20,000 people left. They claimed everyone in their team had been sacked. The manager of that team, his manager was terminated. And then that manager's manager was terminated. The person above that was one of the execs terminated on the first day. So there's nobody left in that chain of command. Another person said they had resined even though had been prepared to work long hours. I didn't to work for someone who threatened us over email multiple times about only exceptional tweeps should work here' when I was already working 60-70 hours weekly, they said.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC. In response to staff leaving, former Twitter vice-president Bruce Daisley told the BBC there were former Twitter engineers claiming the social media platform engineers on site, "he said. If those engineers have gone, than it goes threaten the sustainability of the product. So, there's a lot of people posting where else you can find them online.
Pledge Allegiance
This week, Musk told Twitter staff that they had to commit to working long hours and would need to be extremely hardcore or leave the company. In an email to staff, the firm's new owner said workers should to the pledge if they anted to say, the Washington Post reported. Those who did not sign up by Thursday 17 November would be given three months severance pay, Mr. Musk said. Earlier this month the company said that it as cutting about 50% of its workforce. Employees have been tweeting using the hashtag #LoverWhereYouWorked and a saluting emoji to show they were leaving the firm. Despite the turmoil at the company, Mr, Musk tweeted on Friday: And ... we just hit another all time high in Twitter usage lol.
Before Mr. Musk took control of Twitter the company had about 7,500 staff. The firm was also reported to have employed thousands of contract workers, the majority of whom are understand to have been laid off. The world's richest person become Twitter's chief executive after buying the firm last month in a #44bn deal. Mr. Musk seemed unconcerned about report that Twitter was on the brink of shutting down, tweeting: The bet people are staying, so I'm not super worried. In separate post he tweeted a skull and crossbones emoji and a meme showing a gravestone with the Twitter logo on It.
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