Musk tells Twitter staff: Agree to work “long hours at high intensity” or quit now

Elon Musk has sent an ultimatum to all Twitter staff—commit to an "extremely hardcore" approach to work or quit your job by Thursday.

"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," Musk wrote in the all-staff email.

The email's subject line was, "A Fork in the Road."

"lf you are sure that you want to be part of the new Twitter, please click yes on the link below," Musk wrote. "Anyone who has not done so by 5pm ET tomorrow (Thursday) will receive three months of severance. Whatever decision you make, thank you for your efforts to make Twitter successful."

The email, sent late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, was first reported by The Washington Post and later by CNN. A screenshot of the email was posted on Twitter by CNN reporter Donie O'Sullivan.

Musk: Twitter to be “more engineering-driven”

Musk's email said Twitter under his ownership "will also be much more engineering-driven. Design and product management will still be very important and report to me, but those writing great code will constitute the majority of our team and have the greatest sway. At its heart, Twitter is a software and servers company, so I think this makes sense."

Musk previously laid off about half of Twitter's staff, roughly 3,700 employees. Some employees filed a class-action lawsuit alleging the Musk-led company violated the federal and state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification laws, which require 60 days' advance written notice before a mass layoff.

In another move that could trim Twitter's ranks, Musk banned remote work despite previous management letting employees work from anywhere. Twitter also laid off about 5,000 contractors, and Musk fired some employees who posted tweets or Slack messages that were critical of him.

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