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On the heels of news that employees are leaving in response to Musk's ultimatum that they either commit to working hard or leave, Platformer is reporting that the social media giant's offices are temporarily closed.

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NEW: Twitter just alerted employees that effective immediately, all office buildings are temporarily closed and badge access is suspended. No details given as to why.

— Zoë Schiffer (@ZoeSchiffer) November 17, 2022

The managing editor of platformer broke the news. She said they were hearing that the company was going to be sabotaged by employees. They're not sure which workers they need to cut access to. The company will be open on November 21st.

Hundreds of remaining employees made it clear in the company's channels that they weren't willing to stay, so the office was locked down and security badges were taken away. The exodus could cause a lot of damage, according to The Verge.

Remaining and departing Twitter employees told The Verge that, given the scale of the resignations this week, they expect the platform to start breaking soon. One said that they've watched "legendary engineers" and others they look up to leave one by one.

"It feels like all the people who made this place incredible are leaving," the Twitter staffer said. "It will be extremely hard for Twitter to recover from here, no matter how hardcore the people who remain try to be."

The employee's social media accounts ranged from sad to happy.

And just like that, after 12 years, I have left Twitter. I have nothing but love for all my fellow tweeps, past and present. A thousand faces and a thousand scenes are flashing through my mind right now - I love you Twitter and I'll forever bleed blue (...)

— Satanjeev Banerjee (@satanjeev) November 17, 2022

To stand firm.

Ain't all bad #hardcore ... pic.twitter.com/L2tCas5jRg

— AODHAN FLYNN (@aodhan) November 17, 2022

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