The conditions on Twitter are so catastrophic
Since his takeover, Elon Musk has repeatedly implemented strict austerity measures on Twitter. After the mass layoffs, the billionaire is now apparently also saving on office space – and toilet paper.
It’s been a few months since new CEO Elon Musk fired more than half of Twitter’s employees. But while the world has shown sympathy for those who have lost their jobs, it is always important to look at the plight of the remaining employees.
Because Musk is driving a savings plan that seems to have unpleasant consequences.
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No toilet paper: It stinks on Twitter
The situation in the remaining offices of the microblogging service appears to be precarious. How different media report, Musk had the office space at the headquarters in San Francisco reduced. The remaining employees have therefore moved together on two floors. He also had four more floors closed.
In addition, most of the cleaning staff has also apparently been laid off. That’s why it now smells strongly of food leftovers and body odors. In addition, the toilets are dirty and there is no toilet paper. Some employees therefore bring one or two roles with them from home.
Home office instead of everyday office life on Twitter
Although Musk had ordered all remaining employees back to the office in November 2022 and had initially banned home office, the tide is now apparently turning again.
For example, the Seattle office will To report according to completely closed. Twitter staff should continue to work from home. The Twitter CEO also recently had the data center in Sacramento prepared for closure. The same fate could befall another one in Atlanta.
This could result in a large amount of data traffic being shifted to the remaining data centers, which in turn could lead to increased service instability.
Elon Musk wants to save 500 million US dollars
As from internal documents that the New York Times available, shows that Elon Musk wants to save a total of 500 million US dollars. However, this sum does not even include personnel costs.
In October 2022, Elon Musk took over the social media platform Twitter. Since then he has laid off around 4,300 employees. Around 50 infrastructure experts and half of the public policy team also had to pack their things.
Overall, Musk had already announced in the past that “difficult times” would come to employees at Twitter. However, with the best will in the world, they probably would not have expected that at some point they would have to bring their own toilet paper to the office.
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