'Extraordinary story' | Twitter exodus underway as staff reject Musk's 'hardcore' work demand

The chaotic start to Elon Musk’s tenure as Twitter owner shows no sign of ending, with a huge staff exodus reportedly now underway.

The billionaire recently gave all staff an ultimatum of agreeing to a “hardcore” new work schedule comprising “long hours at high intensity”. Musk branded the new way of working as “Twitter 2.0”.

Anyone who chose not to sign a document agreeing to this would be fired and receive three months’ severance pay, Musk went on to tell employees.

However, reports are now emerging that around 75% of Twitter’s workforce (that’s an estimated 2,900, after Musk fired approximately 3,700 workers earlier this month, followed by many resignations) opted not to sign the ludicrous demand.