Elon Musk gives Twitter employees an ultimatum, ``Determine whether to accept or quit a hardcore workplace by tomorrow.''


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It turns out that Twitter CEO Elon Musk has notified employees to quit if they do not agree to work long and hard to build 'Twitter 2.0'.

Musk issues ultimatum to staff: Commit to 'hardcore' Twitter or leave - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/16/musk-twitter-email-ultimatum-termination/

In an email sent to Twitter employees, Musk said, 'To build a game-changing Twitter 2.0 going forward and succeed in an increasingly competitive environment, we need to be extremely hardcore. This means working long hours and at high intensity, so from now on only exceptional performance will be a passing grade,' he said, dedicating himself wholeheartedly to Twitter employees. I asked.



On top of that, Mr. Mask said about the future of Twitter, 'Twitter will be more focused on engineering than ever before. Design and product management are still important, so I will take direct command, but in the future, The people who write the code will be a large part of the team and will have a lot of influence, which I think makes sense because Twitter at its core is a software and server company.'

Mr. Musk immediately dismissed employees who criticized him on internal Slack and engineers who argued that the Twitter application was slow, but also expelled employees who do not agree with Mr. Musk's work style. showing intent.

Mr. Mask said, 'If you want to become a member of the new Twitter, please click 'Yes' from the link below. Those who have not done so by 5:00 pm EST tomorrow, Thursday (18 November 2022, 7:00 pm Japan time) will be paid three months of severance pay,' he said. I was forced to choose whether to remain on Twitter at work or retire.

Although it was deleted at the time of writing the article, Mr. Mask previously tweeted , ``I was at Twitter's San Francisco headquarters all night. Mr. Mask seems to be asking his employees to work as stoically as he does.



According to The Washington Post, which first reported on the email, several employees had already refused to agree to Musk's request, complaining that Twitter's new direction had taken a toll on morale. thing.

On the other hand, there are also voices that evaluate the attitude as a manager. 'In my opinion, given what's happening on Twitter, I think this is a positive step,' said tech writer Gergely Orosz. It's because I'm frankly explaining it without wrapping it up.'



However, Orosz said that the sudden dismissal was ``like all of Mask's other actions, and seems to be premised on the global application of California's 'employment based on free will.' We have employees in other countries with more restrictive labor laws, so our human resources department will be struggling to 'translate' this email, taking local regulations into account.' .



Lisp programmer and essayist Paul Graham said, 'People who have never run any company think they know how to run a tech company better than people who run Tesla or SpaceX. It's amazing,' he said, understanding Mr. Mask's policy.

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