Elon Musk gives ultimatum to Twitter employees: Do 'extremely hardcore' work or get out

[Galraedia]

Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has given employees until Thursday evening to commit to “extremely hardcore” work or else leave the company, according to a copy of a late-night internal email sent by the billionaire and obtained by CNN.

“Going forward, to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world, we will need to be extremely hardcore,” Musk wrote in the memo. “This will mean working long hours at high intensity. Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade.”

In the memo, Musk goes on to outline how Twitter will be “much more engineering-driven” and then gives staff an ultimatum. “If you are sure that you want to be part of the new Twitter, please click yes on the link below,” directing staff to what appears to be an online form.

Musk said any employee who has not done so by 5 p.m. ET on Thursday will receive three months severance. The Washington Post was first to report the memo.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/tech/elon-musk-email-ultimatum-twitter

[Takket]

1. here's a hint if you are working at twitter........

you take the three months severance and go find another job.

he's basically openly telling you he's going to have 1/3rd the staff and expect everyone to work three times as hard, and that job is NOT worth the trips to the hospital for ulcer/heart attack/nervous breakdown its going to cause. GET OUT NOW

[TheRealNorth]

4. This.!

He does not value his employees and is looking for people that he can bully around. The place will be dysfunctional in no time.

[tinrobot]

8. The only people left will be sycophants and those too incompetent to find other work.

At this rate, he might do better by torching the place and collecting the insurance.

[live love laugh]

2. Hopefully they read the fine print. He's untrustworthy.

[royable]

3. Nice for all those opting to remain that Musk will raise their salaries to $2M/yr as compensation!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. So long Twitter

Nice knowing you.

[tinrobot]

6. Dude has to realize runnung a social network is nothing like building cars or rockets.

He can force workers to work long hours to make more cars by the end of the quarter. Those tactics simply don't work at a business like Twitter.

All he's doing with his toxic management is driving away his best employees and a good portion of his customers and advertisers. A social network runs off a reservoir of goodwill and trust. At this point, that reservoir is running dry.

[sop]

14. Elon thinks he can make Twitter run itself without employees, much like his autonomous cars.

Unfortunately, his self-driving Teslas are still losing control and killing people.

[Shermann]

7. What are the goals other than this basic verification checkmark thing?

I still haven't heard what all he hopes to achieve with this crunch. You really can't pass judgement without knowing that.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. His goal is free speech

His kind of free speech.

Like no criticism of EgoLoon.

No Mollusk parody accounts.

Free pass for repeating baseless conspiracy theories that are wrong on the face of them, ... the way he did very recently.

[Shermann]

17. Rebuilding the company as Twitter 2.0

That's all we know.

[Deb]

9. He sounds nice.

I don't personally know anyone who uses Twitter but I do remember trump saying he was going to "save" it early on.

And that message tainted the whole concept. I've never truly believed anything that comes from there.

[LisaM]

10. Why is he so awful?

I mean, seriously. He's like an UberBro.

[MicaelS]

11. He is one of these people who live to work.

And he expects everyone else to be the same way.

[hunter]

18. For all the attention he pays to twitter...

... I'm not sure he works much.

[Galraedia]

19. No, he lives to make others work

While he sits around taking credit for their work and acting like he did it himself.

[LisaM]

22. Bingo.

I still think there is something wrong with him.

[ShazamIam]

12. I'd take the severance, Eloony's investors, the banks & the Saudis say cut the pay as well. nt

[lpbk2713]

13. Expect to be working Christmas Day, your mother's funeral day, etc.

"Anyone deviating from company policy will be considered a slacker and will be dealt with accordingly."

[Silent3]

15. And for all those long, high-intensity hours, what do you get?

The right to keep your job at Twitter, probably at the same pay rate, or maybe a small raise above what you got without having to sell yourself into corporate bondage? What a deal!

If I worked there I'd have to be in dire financial straights and afraid of my ability to find a job elsewhere in order to stay. I suspect that's a lot of the only people Musk will be able to keep.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

20. I don't think his management-style is going to work to Twitter's success.

Nor do I believe that Tesla's reputation (and sales) will go unscathed.

[keithbvadu2]

21. Blame/fault/responsibility starts one level below Chief Twit and goes downhill.

Blame/fault/responsibility starts one level below Chief Twit and goes downhill.