In a survey published by the app Blind on Friday, 42 percent of the 180 participants wanted to leave the company. Another quarter are reluctant to stay. Employees can use Blind to register via their company e-mail and then exchange information anonymously with one another.
A few days ago, Musk, who also heads the electric car manufacturer Tesla, gave Twitter employees the choice of accepting “long working hours with high intensity” or going with a severance payment. It’s unclear how many of the workers plan to stay. However, the survey makes clear the dismay at Musk’s approach, which has been turning the social media company on its left since the takeover three weeks ago.
He first fired half of Twitter’s employees and then asked some of them to come back. Shortly thereafter, he abolished the possibility of working from home. In addition, the self-proclaimed “absolutist of freedom of expression” wants to relax the rules of conduct on the short message service and make Twitter the “most accurate source of information”. Critics fear that the service will become a playground for false reports and conspiracy theories.
The upheavals have now alarmed politicians. US senators called on the consumer protection authority FTC to examine the processes. “Over the past few weeks, new Twitter boss Elon Musk has taken alarming steps that have undermined the integrity and security of the platform.”
Musk commented on Twitter on Thursday about possible layoffs. “The best people stay.” Twitter itself could not initially be reached for comment. The company has lost most of its press office staff.
Source: Nachrichten
