Hundreds of Twitter employees are estimated to be leaving the beleaguered social media company following an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk that employees put in “long, high-intensity hours” or quit.
Elon Musk is known for working long hours and so he implements in his companies. Twitter employees who have been working relatively low hours started resigning after Elon gave an ultimatum to work for longer hours or leave.
In a survey of job app Blind, which verifies employees through their work email addresses and allows them to share information anonymously, 42% of 180 people chose the answer to the question “Taking exit option, I’m free!”
A quarter said they chose to stay “reluctantly” and only 7% of survey participants said they “clicked yes to stay, I’m hardcore”.
Musk has met with some top employees to try to convince them to stay, one current employee said, and a recently departed employee who keeps in touch with colleagues on Twitter.
While it’s unclear how many employees have decided to stay, the numbers underscore the reluctance of some employees to remain at a company where Musk has rushed to lay off half of his staff, including top management, and is ruthlessly changing the culture to emphasize long hours and an intense pace.
The company told employees it would close its offices and restrict access to badges until Monday, according to two sources. Security officers began evicting employees from the office on Thursday evening, one source said.
Twitter, which has lost many members of its communications team, did not respond to a request for comment.