Bloomberg: Musk changes stance on working from home at Twitter | Tech

In the three weeks that Musk has been in charge of Twitter, he has already fired half the staff and also made himself unpopular with a large proportion of the other employees.

Musk had previously indicated that remote working would no longer be allowed, according to him, staff should be at the office for at least 40 hours a week. An ultimatum followed this week. The staff of the social media company had to sign a pledge to work hard. If they refused, they would lose their jobs. The email had only one possible answer: yes.

That button was pressed by too few Twitter employees, the insiders now tell Bloomberg. Musk and his lieutenants would therefore have taken a softer tone. Working from home is allowed, it sounds now. Then your manager must “take responsibility and ensure that you make an outstanding contribution to the company,” Musk writes in a new email. However, Twitter employees must be physically present at a meeting with their colleagues at least once a month.

Incidentally, Musk still seems to have little faith in Twitter’s staff. In a subsequent e-mail message, the billionaire says that managers who “falsely claim that one of their subordinates is doing an excellent job or that a certain position is essential” will be fired.

Musk announced on Wednesday that Twitter users are will be able to sign up again for subscription service Twitter Blu at the end of this monthe. He mentioned the date as November 29 and indicated that Twitter is taking the time to ensure that the subscription service is “solid as a house.” The introduction of the new Twitter Blue, which gave paying users a blue checkmark, was earlier ended in chaos after a deluge of fake accounts.

According to US media, Musk was warned by Twitter staff about the possibility that people would impersonate celebrities and companies if they could buy the blue check. However, a seven-page document with all kinds of scenarios was not believed by Musk.

In addition, the CEO of Tesla, who took control of Twitter in late October after months of trying to undo the sale, is not inclined to keep critical Twitter employees on staff.