Twitter in total chaos: after the mass resignations it risks not surviving for more than 7 days

“Are you sure you want to be part of Twitter 2.0? “. And hundreds of employees answer no. Elon Musk’s ultimatum was a flop, and now many teams – including some of vital importance for the survival of the social network – risk emptying out.

The ultimatum email was meant to motivate employees. “You will have to work longer and in ‘hardcore’ conditions. No thanks, hundreds of employees replied, who preferred to resign , collect the three months’ severance pay and seek better working conditions elsewhere.

The resignations risk leaving Twitter with just 10% of the workforce

According to former Uber engineer Gergley Orosz , many more employees have voluntarily chosen to resign than management imagined. According to Orsoz, the resignation risks leaving Twitter with just 10% of the workforce it had before the Musk takeover and before the mass layoffs announced earlier this month. Social media, quite simply, cannot continue in these conditions.

Twitter is reportedly pleading with several engineers in an attempt to convince them to stay. Elon Musk himself is arranging interviews with some of them

Orosz says Twitter’s management has been caught completely off guard and panic reigns supreme at the company’s headquarters. Elon Musk himself would have been forced to admit defeat, personally contacting several engineers in an attempt to convince them to stay. But now employees have the proverbial knife on the side of the handle, who thanks to the mass resignations of their colleagues can ask for higher salaries and benefits to stay. Almost certainly Elon Musk will have to grant the extension of the smartworking regime and give up the obligation to work in the office.

At stake is the survival of the social network: according to initial analyses, Twitter risks not surviving for another week should it really lose the vast majority of its remaining employees.