Elon Musk Asks Workers to Go for ‘Hardcore’ Twitter or Take Severance

Elon Musk despatched a message to Twitter workers telling them that they’d till Thursday to think about whether or not they wished to remain on for “working lengthy hours at excessive depth” or take a severance package deal of three months’ pay. Musk informed Twitter staff that anybody who had not clicked on a hyperlink confirming “you wish to be a part of the brand new Twitter” by Thursday night New York time could be thought of to have stop.

“No matter resolution you make, thanks on your efforts to make Twitter profitable,” the message stated.

A replica of the message, which was reported by The Washington Submit, was reviewed by Reuters. An individual who had obtained the message on Twitter confirmed its content material.

Twitter didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Reuters.

“Going ahead, to construct a breakthrough Twitter 2.0 and reach an more and more aggressive world, we’ll must be extraordinarily hardcore,” the message from Musk stated. “It will imply lengthy hours at excessive depth. Solely distinctive efficiency will represent a passing grade.”

Musk stated Twitter could be “way more engineering-driven” below his management, including that “these writing nice code will represent the vast majority of our group and have the best sway.”

Twitter laid off half of its workforce earlier this month shortly after Musk took management of the social media firm. Musk has criticized Twitter’s spending and work tradition and stated the corporate wants steep price cuts and a reboot of its providers.

Some Twitter staff who had criticized Musk publicly tweeted earlier that they’d been let go.

In the meantime, Musk stated on Tuesday that Twitter’s sought-after blue verify subscription service might be relaunched on November 29, a minor delay from his preliminary tentative timeline to carry again the service on the social media platform.

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