Twitter has told employees that the company’s office buildings will be temporarily closed, effective immediately.
A message seen by JEE News told workers that offices would reopen on Monday, November 21.
He did not give any reason for the move.
The announcement comes amid reports that new owner Elon Musk is leaving a large number of staff to sign up or leave for a “more intensively extended period of time” from him.
The message said: “Please continue to comply with company policy and refrain from discussing confidential company information on social media, with the press or elsewhere.”
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the JEE News.
This week, Mr. Musk told Twitter staff that he had to commit to working long hours and “need to be very tough” or leave the company, according to reports.
In an email to staff, the firm’s new owner said workers must agree to the pledge if they want to stay, The Washington Post reported.
Mr. Musk said those who had not signed up by Thursday, Nov. 17, would receive three months of severance pay.
Earlier this month, the company said it was cutting about 50 percent of its workforce.
Today’s announcement that Twitter has temporarily closed its offices came amid signs that large numbers of workers have also quit because they did not accept Mr Musk’s new terms.
Employees are tweeting using the #LoveWhereYouWorked hashtag and a greeting emoji to show they are leaving the firm.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
A former Twitter worker, speaking on condition of anonymity, told JEE News: “I think there will probably be less than 2,000 people left when the dust clears today.”
He added that everyone in his team has been terminated.
“The manager of that team, his manager was fired. And then that manager’s manager was fired. The person above him was fired on the first day. So anyone in that chain. Not saved.”
Before Mr. Musk took control of Twitter, the company had about 7,500 employees. It was also reported that the firm employed thousands of contract workers, most of whom were laid off.
Another person said he had resigned even though he was willing to work longer hours.
“I didn’t want to work for someone who repeatedly threatened us via email that only ‘exceptional tweeps should work here’ when I was working 60-70 hours a week,” he said. was.”
The world’s richest man became Twitter’s chief executive last month after buying the firm in a $44bn (£37bn) deal.
In response to a question about concerns that Twitter was on the verge of shutting down after a message was sent about Twitter closing offices, Mr. Musk tweeted:
“The best people are staying, so I’m not too worried”.
In separate posts, he tweeted a skull and crossbones emoji and a meme depicting a tombstone with the Twitter logo.
