Musk tells Twitter employees to show up at the office or ‘resignation accepted’

Twitter owner Elon Musk on Thursday reportedly reiterated his expectations about going into the office to the social media platform’s staff.

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“If you can physically make it to an office and you don’t show up, resignation accepted,” he said during an all-hands meeting with Twitter employees, Platformer Managing Editor Zoe Schiffer reported in a tweet.

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Musk previously announced he would discontinue remote work at Twitter in a companywide email Wednesday, Bloomberg reported. He reportedly said the expectation will be for employees to work from the office for at least 40 hours per week, with any exceptions requiring his personal approval.

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The email came nearly two weeks after the Tesla CEO completed his $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform. He reduced Twitter’s headcount by roughly 50% last week.

A photo illustration of Twitter owner Elon Musk.

In the email, Musk also warned Twitter employees of “difficult times ahead,” according to Bloomberg. He had said in a tweet several days prior pertaining to the layoffs that the company was “losing over $4M/day.”

Twitter headquarters stands on 10th Street in San Francisco on Nov. 4, 2022.

During the all-hands meeting on Thursday, Musk allegedly said “bankruptcy isn’t out of the question” if the company’s cashflow doesn’t improve, according to Schiffer and The Information.

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Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.