The company closed its offices and hundreds of employees decided to leave rather than work longer hours, the latest in a series of chaotic developments as concerns grow that the billionaire's leadership is putting the social media platform's future in jeopardy.
According to a report, employees resigned rather than agree to Musk's demands.
Many of the remaining employees resigned rather than agree to Musk's ultimatum to work long hours at high intensity. The time is on Thursday.
The company did not give a reason for closing its offices until Monday.
Multiple systems vital to ensuring the platform stays working now have just one or two engineers servicing them, according to the Washington Post and the Verge.
Many users sent out farewell messages on the site fearing that it could go dark.
Musk was seemingly unperturbed by the situation, posting jokes about the platform's death and saying he is "not super worried" by the departures as "the best people are staying."
There are signs that the departures are higher than anticipated. Workers were told to abandon working remotely before the deadline. Previously, the firm asked fired workers to come back as they realized their work was needed. Workers told the Washington Post that it is likely that the platform will break soon, with those who need to fix it absent or overwhelmed.
It's not clear how many employees are still at the company. When Musk took over the company had more than 7,000 employees. Around half of the workforce was laid off during the early stages of the billionaire's leadership. Some of Musk's staffers have been fired for disagreeing with him. Estimates of the number of remaining employees range from 2,000 to 2500 people. In light of reports that most of the human resources team has left, it's difficult to get precise figures.
There was a record number of users logging in on Thursday to see if the site was still alive. Making it even more alive.
A total of $191.2 billion. Forbes has a real-time tracker that estimates the net worth of people. Musk is the richest person on the planet, with a net worth of over $1 billion. He purchased the micro-messaging service in October.
Musk gave the staff two days to decide if they want to stay.
Hundreds of employees don't want to be a part of Musk's extremely hardcore account.
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