{"id":511333,"date":"2022-11-16T19:28:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T16:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/elon-musk-orders-twitter-workers-to-commit-hardcore-or-be-fired\/"},"modified":"2022-11-16T19:28:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T16:28:47","slug":"elon-musk-orders-twitter-workers-to-commit-hardcore-or-be-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-orders-twitter-workers-to-commit-hardcore-or-be-fired\/","title":{"rendered":"#Elon Musk orders Twitter workers to commit &#8216;hardcore&#8217; or be fired"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26938194ede\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26938194ede\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-orders-twitter-workers-to-commit-hardcore-or-be-fired\/#%E2%80%9CElon_Musk_orders_Twitter_workers_to_commit_%E2%80%98hardcore_or_be_fired%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Elon Musk orders Twitter workers to commit &#8216;hardcore&#8217; or be fired&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CElon_Musk_orders_Twitter_workers_to_commit_%E2%80%98hardcore_or_be_fired%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Elon Musk orders Twitter workers to commit &#8216;hardcore&#8217; or be fired&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Elon Musk has reportedly given an ultimatum to workers: Commit to a \u201chardcore\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> or leave the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are sure that you want to be part of the new Twitter, please click yes on the link below,\u201d Musk told employees in an email that was sent to them Wednesday morning. The existence of the email was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/11\/16\/musk-twitter-email-ultimatum-termination\/?te=1&amp;nl=dealbook&amp;emc=edit_dk_20221116\">reported by the Washington Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those who fail to sign the pledge by 5 p.m. Eastern time Thursday were told that they would be dismissed with three months of severance pay.<\/p>\n<p>Musk told employees that Twitter \u201cwill need to be extremely hardcore\u201d moving forward, according to the message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will mean working long hours at high intensity,\u201d he said. \u201cOnly exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ultimatum comes as Musk \u2014 consumed with the fear that disloyal employees will sabotage the platform \u2014 reportedly has ordered senior staff at Twitter to comb through internal Slack chats to identify disloyal employees to fire, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/elon-musk-twitter-staff-sabotage-fire-dismiss-terminate-worker-platformer-2022-11\">according to Insider.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-45-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Musk has laid off more than half of the company's workforce since completing his acquisition of Twitter three weeks ago.\" class=\"wp-image-24672411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-45-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-45-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-45-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Musk has laid off more than half of the company\u2019s workforce since completing his acquisition of Twitter three weeks ago.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter account of Elon Musk\/AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In response, Twitter employees are scrambling to delete Slack messages and emoji reactions that could be interpreted as critical of Musk, thus giving him a reason to fire them, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.platformer.news\/p\/elons-paranoid-purge\">according to the Platformer blog.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Twitter employee told Insider that those who have been fired likely left unflattering messages and posts in an internal Slack channel called \u201cSocial Watercooler,\u201d where workers often congregated online to gossip about the company.<\/p>\n<p>One employee speculated that Musk read the messages in the channel and \u201cdemanded anyone even mildly critical of him be fired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nick Morgan, a former software engineer at Twitter, said he was let go by the company. He assumes it was because of messages he wrote on Slack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard the same thing has h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened to many others now,\u201d Morgan tweeted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-72.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Musk has clashed publicly with Twitter engineers who were critical of him. Those engineers were promptly fired.\" class=\"wp-image-24672409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-72.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-72.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-72.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Musk has clashed publicly with Twitter engineers who were critical of him. Those engineers were promptly fired.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk has fired as many as 20 software engineers and developers at Twitter after they were discovered to have criticized management.<\/p>\n<p>Since assuming ownership of Twitter a few weeks ago, Musk has cleaned house, initially laying off half of the company\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n<p>The layoffs coincided with a chaotic rollout of the Blue Verified feature in which Twitter users were invited to pay $7.99 per month for a blue check icon next to their handles.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, under pressure to generate revenue at the financially struggling company, was forced to shelve the feature after several Twitter users impersonated celebrities, top name brands, politicians and other high-profile figures.<\/p>\n<p>One impersonated the official account of pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, fraudulently claiming that the company was offering free insulin \u2014 causing the pharma giant\u2019s stock to plummet and leading its executives to freeze their advertising on Twitter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-49.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Musk recently completed his acquisition of Twitter for $44 billion.\" class=\"wp-image-24672410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-49.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-49.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-49.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Musk recently completed his acquisition of Twitter for $44 billion.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Platformer, some engineers who were recently fired by the company had expressed sympathy for three of their former colleagues who were dismissed after publicly criticizing Musk \u2014 Eric Frohnhoefer, Sasha Solomon and Ben Leib.<\/p>\n<p>Frohnhoefer said he was fired after publicly disagreeing with Musk over Twitter\u2019s slow performance on Android.<\/p>\n<p>Solomon announced on Monday that she was let go for \u201cs\u2013tposting.\u201d Leib, who is also a software engineer, was let go the same day he took to Twitter to criticize Musk for having \u201cno idea wtf he\u2019s talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk purchased Twitter with a vow to alter its content moderation policy so that it is more in line with his \u201cfree speech absolutist\u201d ethos.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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