Chapter 9Employee and Labor Relations
In 2022, Twitter was featured in their own platform's headlines after its new owner, Elon Musk, gave employees an ultimatum: work long hours at high intensity or quit and receive three months' severance pay. Employees were given about 24 hours to make the decision after the edict was given. The email to staff read: “Going forward, to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world, we will need to be extremely hardcore. This will mean working long hours at high intensity. Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade.” In similar news, Musk was also quoted in a prior year as welcoming individuals who did not have a formal degree, noting that individuals ...
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