Elon Musk’s “Hardcore” Twitter Ultimatum Backfired. Now What?

Elon Musk’s ultimatum—that Twitter employees either go “extremely hardcore” or get lost—appears to have backfired. Instead of motivating the social media company’s remaining employees to stay on (he already laid off about half of the staff when he took over), Musk’s edict for workers to commit to this “new Twitter” by 5 p.m. Thursday reportedly pushed hundreds of employees—possibly thousands—to leave the company. “I’m not pressing the button,” one employee wrote in Slack, according to The Verge. “My watch ends with Twitter 1.0. I do not wish to be part of Twitter 2.0.” Overnight, Musk seemingly flung the company into… Read Full Article