Elon Musk's Ultimatum to Twitter Employees Results in 1,200 Resignations, Worries Over Infrastructure

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Some people would rather be out than be in, that's what was revealed in the aftermath of Musk's request. The remaining 3,700 workers were told earlier this week that they were all in or leave, and as many as 1,200 of them resigned.

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The exodus was so fast that Musk and the rest of the team were scared to leave.

As the dust settles on the exits, confusion reigns over who is keeping a tally of workers and running other workplace systems, according to the New York Times.

Some people who quit said they were leaving the company because they couldn't find a human resources representative.

The cascading disasters for the social media site could easily be set off by employees leaving in large numbers. The Associated Press reported Friday evening.

Three engineers who left this week described for the Associated Press why they expect considerable unpleasantness for Twitter's more than 230 million users now that well over two-thirds of Twitter's pre-Musk core services engineers are apparently gone. Although they don't anticipate near-term collapse, Twitter could get very rough at the edges — especially if Musk makes major changes without much off-platform testing.

According to the A.P., cybersecurity is a growing concern. Proofpoint, a fraud tracking firm, was cited in an NBC report last week as saying that it had detected a "notable" increase in scam artists operating on the social networking site.

Musk sometimes appears to acknowledge that things aren't going great but also making moves that provoked broad and often contentious discussion site-wide, including a survey he took Friday evening to see if users thought he should allow Donald Trump to return to the presidency.

At 11p.m. The poll had 55 percent in favor of Trump's return and 44 percent against it.

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