🧵 Hard to keep up with the threats-promise-sacking-unsacking Melon Musk psycho drama.
Having announced all staff would be expected to work unlimited hours for no extra anything- accept-or- consider-yourself-sacked ultimatum it looks as if the walk outs were more than Melon bargained on.
“The departures include many engineers responsible for fixing bugs and preventing service outages, raising questions about the stability of the platform amid the loss of employees.
This prompted hurried debates among managers over who should be asked to return, current and former employees said.
“In an early sign that the number of those declining to sign was greater than anticipated, Musk eased off a return-to-office mandate he had issued a week ago, telling employees on Thursday they would be allowed to work remotely if their managers asserted they were making “an excellent contribution”.
What a massive jerk.
“ Twitter later announced via email that it would close “our office buildings” and disable employee badge access until Monday, the New York Times reported.”
Per NYT Given the choice between Melon O’Clock hours + irrational sackings by the thousand (half the personnel has already been sacked) and 3 months pay “ resignations started to roll in. By the deadline, 5 p.m. Eastern time, hundreds of Twitter employees appeared to have decided to depart with three months of severance pay, the people said”
Three months severance pay from a company that the new owner says is facing bankruptcy.
And where none of the staff would feel they owe any loyalty to him.
Difficult choice.
Three months pay or stay on two months and find you've lost your job when it folds.
I hope that Musk is sufficiently personally liable for any unpaid wages etc as opposed to the company that he bought if it does go bankrupt.
