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Elon Musk has told Twitter staff that they must commit to working "long hours at high intensity" or else leave the company, according to reports. In an email to staff, the social media firm's new owner said workers should agree to the pledge if they wanted to stay, the Washington Post reported. Those who do not sign up by Thursday will be given three months' severance pay, Mr. Musk said. The BBC has contacted Twitter for comment.
In his email to staff, also seen by The Guardian, Mr. Musk said that Twitter "will need to be extremely hardcore" in order to succeed. "This will mean working long hours at high intensity. Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade," he said.
Workers were told that they needed to click on a link by 17:00 EST on Thursday, if they want to be "part of the new Twitter". He added: "Whatever decision you make, thank you for your efforts to make Twitter successful."
The world's richest man has already announced half of Twitter's staff are being let go after he bought the company in a $44bn (£38.7bn) deal. Mr. Musk said he had "no choice" over the cuts, as the company was losing $4m (£3.51m) a day. He has blamed "activist groups pressuring advertisers" for a "massive drop in revenue".
Twitter's Crypto Lead Tess Rinearson has left the company, tweeting a salute and blue heart emoji late Thursday evening to symbolize her departure.
Rinearson, whose Twitter profile is now private, is based in Berlin, Germany, and had been working for Twitter for just over a year, according to her Linkedin and Twitter profiles. At time of writing, Rinearson has not yet updated her Linkedin profile to reflect her departure from Twitter.
"I am very proud of everything the crypto team started at Twitter, and I am sad I won't see it all the way through," Rinearson wrote on Twitter Friday. "But there are still LOTS of brilliant, thoughtful people at the company, and I am rooting for them, always."
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