“Goodbye Twitter” and “Rest in Peace Twitter” was ironically trending on Twitter on Friday, after the new owner Elon Musk had asked employees to sign on to his new “hardcore” culture at the social media platform.
Many reportedly said no, resulting in a max exodus of staff leaving the company, potentially putting Twitter’s operations at risk, according to people familiar with the matter.The world’s richest man has been making sweeping changes since he finalised a deal to buy the company for about $44 billion on October 27.’s employees, he gave the remaining workers an ultimatum to pledge working under his new hard-charging culture or get out.
According to an internal memo and the companywide ultimatum, workers were asked to follow a link to confirm their commitment, latest by Thursday if they still want to be part of the new outfit.