Employees of Twitter caution Musk that mass layoffs would be irresponsible Employees at the social media firm are cautioning that staff reductions would be “reckless” in the final days before Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter might be finalized.
According to Time, a company-wide open letter to Musk and the Twitter board that was written by an unidentified number of Twitter employees is currently making the rounds.
The letter follows a Washington Post report claiming that Musk plans to lay off up to 75% of Twitter’s roughly 7,500 employees. The letter claims that “Elon Musk’s proposal to fire 75% of Twitter employees will damage Twitter’s ability to serve the public conversation.” “A threat of this size is careless, damages the confidence our users and customers have in our platform, and is an obvious instance of employee intimidation.
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Employees of Twitter caution Musk that mass layoffs would be irresponsible
Employees at the social media firm are cautioning that staff reductions would be “reckless” in the final days before Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter might be finalized. According to Time, a company-wide open letter to Musk and the Twitter board that was written by an unidentified number of Twitter employees is currently making the rounds.
The letter follows a Washington Post report claiming that Musk plans to lay off up to 75% of Twitter’s roughly 7,500 employees. The letter claims that “Elon Musk’s proposal to fire 75% of Twitter employees will damage Twitter’s ability to serve the public conversation.” “A threat of this size is careless, damages the confidence our users and customers have in our platform, and is an obvious instance of employee intimidation.
In a hostile work environment when threats are made constantly, we cannot perform our duties.
A list of requests for the company’s “current and future leadership” is also included in the letter. Additionally to “fair severance rules for all employees,” letter signatories urge Musk to maintain current employee perks including remote work. Musk has previously criticized remote employment and advocated for the majority of Twitter staff to work in traditional offices again.
The letter also suggests a potential ideological gap between some Twitter employees and Musk, who has declared his preference for less restraint. The letter demands that management refrain from treating employees unfairly on the grounds of their color, gender, handicap, sexual orientation, or political convictions.