The future of Twitter seems uncertain after the departure of a large number of engineers, who rejected Elon Musk's new terms of working "with dedication and without conditions", from the influential social network. Former employees and a number of American media reported that hundreds of employees responded "no" to the ultimatum of the new owner and his boss, who gave them the choice between working tirelessly to "build a revolutionary Twitter 2.0" or leaving with three months' salary.
Half of the 7,500 employees had been laid off two weeks ago by the billionaire's decision and about 700 employees quit over the summer, even before the acquisition was confirmed. "My friends are gone. The vision is blurry. A storm is coming and there is no financial incentive. What do you do? Will you sacrifice your time with your children during the holidays for vague promises and to become Richer richer?
Like other Twitter workers, he elaborated on his concerns, stating that he did not "hate Elon Musk" and wanted "Twitter to succeed", but he made it clear that only "3 engineers out of 75" were left on his team. He added, "If I stayed, I would have to work permanently, non-stop, with very little support for an indefinite period, on complex computer systems that I have no experience with."
He continued, "We have not been involved in any vision and there is no five-year plan like Tesla. It is purely a test of loyalty." Musk did not care about the chaos surrounding him and wrote in a tweet Friday morning: "What should Twitter do now?" He subsequently announced that several suspended user accounts had been reinstated on the platform but that he had "not made a decision yet on (Donald) Trump".
He wrote on Twitter again, "Twitter's new policy is freedom of expression, but not freedom of access" to the public, promising to reduce "hate tweets" in the future. And on Friday evening, he launched a new poll entitled "Return to former President Trump? Yes / No."
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