Twitter’s offices have been closed and employees have quit because of fears the service could shut down at any time. Since Elon Musk bought Twitter in a $44 billion deal last month, users, employees, and everyone involved with the company has had a tumultuous month amid volatile planning. and special policies. When Musk started his first day as Twitter owner, he fired several members of the company’s senior management, including CEO Parag Agarwal, thus sacrificing the crisis. impending panic. Everything created an early hint.
Things took a turn for the worse after Musk laid off half of the company’s workforce, only to rehire many of them after realizing they were an integral part of the company’s smooth running. company and website. The hoaxes with the blue “verified” check mark and the short-term experiments with the gray “official” badge also added to the confusion about Twitter’s new policymaking process. Earlier this week, Musk issued an ultimatum asking the rest of the employees to keep working “extremely difficult” This will involve “Working long hours with high intensity.” Employees are required to explicitly agree to new working conditions or receive severance pay.
Thousands of Twitter employees who opted out of Elon Musk’s so-called “Twitter 2.0” initiative are said to have resigned from the company. Concerned with employee dissatisfaction, Musk and his team closed the Twitter office and revoked employees’ badge access. Zoe SchifferActions were taken out of fear that leaving employees could sabotage the company in retaliation. Offices are expected to reopen on Monday, November 21, after the company determines who can and cannot come to work.
Twitter’s growing chaos and confusion
Employee morale is said to be at an all-time low following mass layoffs earlier this month, and “extremely difficult” The emails seem to have gotten many of them in trouble, leading to a mass exodus. However, some people resigned on Thursday confirm Access to the company’s internal systems remained available hours after the employee quit, and the person responsible for cutting off the former employee’s access is said to have also resigned.
The chaos has led some to openly wonder if Twitter can weather the current turmoil and run smoothly, or if a lack of qualified engineers is hindering its day-to-day operations. . Popular technology journalist and podcaster Kara Swisher is one such skeptic.Swisher warned in a tweet earlier today “The Service may be shut down at any time, for a short time or for an extended period of time.”
With the massive departure of highly skilled cybersecurity experts and engineers, some are even warning that the platform is now more vulnerable to hackers and malicious actors than ever before. . A cybersecurity analyst recently warned Twitter users to delete their private messages as soon as possible amid growing concerns about user privacy. Other experts say a major hack could knock the bluebird off its perch at any time if Musk and his Twitter team don’t act soon.
source: Zoe Schiffer/Twitter, Jen Harmon/Twitter, Kara Swisher/Twitter