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☆ Users are uploading entire movies to Twitter – and many aren't being blocked
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitter users are uploading entire movies to the platform and most are yet to be taken down. Movies including "Hackers" and "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" have been posted on the site. However, Insider found posts on Sunday allowing users to view a full-length film that have not been blocked. Another Twitter user posted "Need for Speed" in 66 tweets through an account with the username "Need for speed movie", which was also still viewable on Sunday. Earlier this month, Elon Musk laid off close to 3,500 Twitter employees after he took control of the company.

☆ Elon Musk fired Twitter's head of sales after begging her to stay at the company, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Robin Wheeler, Twitter's head of ad sales, is no longer working for the company, Platformer reported. Wheeler was fired a week after reports said Elon Musk convinced her not to resign. One source also told Insider Wheeler had been fired but declined to give additional details. Since Elon Musk acquired the social media platform for $44 billion at the end of October, the company has made sweeping cuts to its workforce of 7,500 employees. "It might not seem like a big deal, but I don't think it's appropriate to treat employees like this," one worker told Insider's Jyoti Mann.

☆ Elon Musk posts pictures with engineers as they leave a Twitter 'code review' at 1:30 a.m.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk posted pictures with engineers at Twitter's San Francisco offices early on Saturday. The billionaire emailed engineers on Friday to ask for help from those who can "write software." "Just leaving Twitter HQ code review," the billionaire wrote in a Saturday tweet at about 1:30 a.m. PT. In a series of emails sent about 24 hours earlier, Musk asked to meet with "anyone who actually writes software" on Friday afternoon. Musk told employees to decide by Thursday afternoon whether to sign up for his "extremely hardcore" version of "Twitter 2.0" or resign.

☆ Twitter could slowly break under Elon Musk as technical glitches pile up. Insiders lay out how it will happen.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sites like Twitter do not simply go dark in the face of issues that cannot be fixed quickly – or at all. Still, a sudden, catastrophic failure for Twitter is "unlikely," said a former Twitter executive with knowledge of its technical systems. Another likely scenario is that Twitter won't see a single major failure, but small issues or glitches will build up, the former executive said. One current Twitter engineer said Thursday he and other remaining colleagues realized they now "have to maintain Twitter and learn everything." Are you a Twitter employee or someone else with insight to share?

☆ Elon Musk calls for 'anyone' left at Twitter who can write software to meet him and help him 'better understand' Twitter's tech
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter employees resigned en masse on Thursday in response to an earlier ultimatum from Musk. Musk is now calling for "anyone who actually writes software" at the company to meet him on Friday. In a set of emails sent around midnight PT, Musk asked to meet with "anyone who actually writes software" on Friday afternoon. The email came after a mass resignation on Thursday saw hundreds of Twitter employees resign in response to an ultimatum Musk offered earlier in the week. Below are complete copies of Musk's emails to Twitter staff:Anyone who actually writes software, please report to the 10th floor at 2 pm today.

Twitter usage is about to spike as the 2022 World Cup kicks off this weekend. Hundreds of employees have just left the company, rejecting Musk's "hardcore" vision for Twitter. Supporting a major event, like the World Cup, will come with challenges for the skeleton staff. The World Cup is soccer's most prestigious tournament held every four years and is watched by billions of people worldwide. In 2014, the World Cup set the record for tweets per minute, doubling the current average of roughly 350,000 tweets a minute.

☆ Less than half of Twitter's remaining employees signed up to work for Elon Musk's 'hardcore' vision, leaving leaders scrambling to convince people to stay
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk ordered Twitter employees to sign up for an "extremely hardcore" future. Now company leaders and Musk himself are trying to convince some people to stay. In other words, less than 2,000 Twitter employees plan to stay. So many employees refused to sign up that it took Musk and his transition team off guard, another person familiar with the company said. After Musk's deadline passed, Twitter's largest Slack channel "social watercooler" was "flooded again" with the salute emoji, a former employee said.

☆ Elon Musk abruptly shut down Twitter offices as workers resign en masse
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitter employees were told to leave offices immediately on Thursday, Insider confirmed. All offices were closed and employees' badge access was revoked, possibly until Monday. Insider confirmed that Twitter employees' badge access was suspended and that they were being told to leave the offices, which are expected to reopen on Monday. The latest closure came just over one week after Musk put an end to remote work at Twitter. In his first company-wide email since taking over, Musk told employees they would no longer be allowed to work remotely and needed to return to the office within days.

☆ Twitter recruiters are already asking external engineers to join 'Twitter 2.0 — an Elon Company,' reports say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter recruiters are reportedly reaching out to engineers asking them to join "Twitter 2.0." Less than half of Twitter's roughly 4,000 staff agreed to commit to Musk's "extremely hardcore" Twitter, Insider's Kali Hays reported. One external engineer received a message from Twitter recruiters asking if they wanted to join "Twitter 2.0 - an Elon company," per The Verge. Orosz said on Twitter: "Twitter starting to hire externally. Internally, polls of Twitter software engineers show only around 25% of engineers planned to stay at the company for "Twitter 2.0," per The Pragmatic Engineer.

☆ Twitter had to assure employees that Elon Musk's infamous late-night email about his 'hardcore' vision for the company wasn't a phishing attack, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk emailed Twitter staff this week saying they must commit to his 'hardcore' vision for the company. Twitter was forced to clarify to staff that Musk's email wasn't a phishing attempt, per The WSJ. The document stated that Musk's email should be regarded as an official company communication and said: "This is not a phishing attempt," per The Journal. Fewer than half of Twitter's workforce chose to stay at the company after Musk's deadline passed Thursday, Insider's Kali Hays reported. Employees who declined to commit to Musk's vision by the Thursday deadline said they still had access to internal company systems such as email and Slack.

☆ Someone projected insults onto Twitter's San Francisco headquarters calling Elon Musk a 'space Karen' and a 'mediocre manchild'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Someone projected insults aimed at Elon Musk on the side of Twitter's San Francisco headquarters Thursday. The insults called the app's new CEO a "worthless billionaire," and a "mediocre manchild." Twitter employees were given an ultimatum to either take severance pay or work under Musk's new "hardcore" vision for Twitter. The message also called Musk a "worthless billionaire," a "mediocre manchild," and a "supreme parasite," among a host of other insults. A separate messages beamed onto the building said: "Elon Musk STFU," "#StopToxicTwitter" and "Musk's hellscape."

☆ Video shows Twitter employees who rejected Elon Musk counting down the seconds until they're fired in an empty office
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk gave Twitter workers an ultimatum to stay or leave by 5 p.m. Less than half of the company's remaining employees accepted the offer to stay, Insider reported. One employee posted a video of him counting down the seconds until he was set to be fired. Less than half of the company's remaining 4,000 employees accepted the offer to stay, Insider's Kali Hays reported. "30 seconds left — 35 seconds," the employee says in the video, posted Thursday just after 5 p.m.

☆ Twitter employees who technically resigned on Thursday say they can still use internal systems, amid speculation the staff responsible for cutting access are also quitting
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Staff who didn't sign up for Elon Musk's "hardcore" Twitter say they still have access to systems. This led to speculation that the the staff responsible for cutting access had also left Twitter. Some Twitter staff told The Verge they were speculating this was because the employees who handled access to internal company systems had also resigned. Out of about 4,000 remaining Twitter employees, less than 2,000 chose to stay on and work with Musk as the owner, Insider's Kali Hays reported. Thursday's resignations triggered a wave of salute emojis and farewell messages on Twitter's Slack, a former worker told Insider.

☆ Some Twitter staff hung up on Elon Musk as he tried to persuade them to stay during a last-minute video call
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk and his team were taken off guard by the number of staff who chose to take severance. With the workforce now 73% smaller than before his takeover, he tried to persuade key staff to stay. But as a deadline for staff to commit to the company hit, some hung up on Musk during a video call. Nobody was offered more money, but staff were urged to be excited about Musk's "vision" and Twitter's future potential, Insider previously reported. Insider reported that less than half of Twitter's remaining employees signed up to Musk's vision to "build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0."

☆ How to Keep Your Job in a Recession or Find a New One
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

That doesn't mean you should stay put in a stable job if you're miserable, careers experts say. Workers have been worried about job cuts since the summer, with a July survey from Insight Global finding that 78% of US employees were anxious about job security in the event of recession. "There is definitely more competition for talented workers, so if people are interested in changing jobs, or getting a better job or looking for a promotion, it's a pretty good time to be doing it." Don't quit in a hurryOver half of American employees have said they'll look for a new job if there's a recession, June data from recruitment software company Greenhouse found. Be flexible about your demandsHaving a degree of flexibility during a recession can't hurt your job hunt.

☆ Disabled Twitter employees resigned because they felt they couldn't keep up with Elon Musk's 'hardcore' drive, discrimination lawsuit says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A discrimination lawsuit against Twitter said its disabled employees were forced to resign. The class action lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the San Francisco federal court, highlighted how Musk told Twitter employees this week that they would have to "work long hours at high intensity" and "be extremely hardcore." "Thus, many disabled employees have felt forced to resign," it added. "Elon Musk's behavior since he took over Twitter a couple of weeks ago has been nothing short of appalling. Musk's new "hardcore" work mandate did not sit well with many employees at Twitter.

☆ Twitter loses payroll department, other financial employees as part of mass resignation under Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk's ultimatum for Twitter workers did not go to plan. The loss of payroll and other financial department employees happened as part of a mass resignation of Twitter workers who refused to sign up for Musk's proposed "Twitter 2.0." As the deadline passed, less than 50% of Twitter's employees had signed up for Musk's Twitter 2.0, as Insider reported. By the end of Thursday, Twitter was down several hundred more employees and an internal Slack channel was "flooded" with the salute emoji, used by Twitter workers to say goodbye to colleagues. Combined with Thursday's resignations, two workers estimated there are likely fewer than 2,000 employees left at the company.

☆ Twitter employees flooded internal Slack channels with goodbye salute emojis and farewell messages as Musk's 'hardcore' stay-or-go deadline passed
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter staff flooded internal Slack channels with salute emojis Thursday as Musk's stay-or-go deadline passed. ET Thursday to commit to Musk's "hardcore" vision of be laid off. Fewer than half of Twitter employees have accepted Musk's ultimatum, Insider reported. Twitter's largest Slack channel, "social watercooler," was flooded with salute emojis — company shorthand for saying goodbye to coworkers — Insider's Kali Hays reported. Twitter staff who appear not to have committed to Musk's vision also posted salute emojis on Twitter itself.

☆ Elon Musk tells Twitter managers in email they will be fired if they 'falsely claim' an employee is doing exceptional work
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Musk clarified his position in emails on Thursday, including a warning to managers. Musk said he will not tolerate any managers supporting employees who are not exceptional. In back-to-back emails seen by Insider, Musk further clarified his stance around remote work amid mass confusion inside the company about how a new mandate effectively ending remote work at Twitter would be implemented. Twitter employees have worked for almost two years under a "work from anywhere" company policy allowing them to work from home full-time if they wished and in any state. Those who do not sign up, Musk said, will be considered to have resigned from the company.

☆ Billionaires like Elon Musk want to save civilization by having tons of genetically superior kids. Inside the movement to take 'control of human evolution.'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Julia Black | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

"We are the Underground Railroad of 'Gattaca' babies and people who want to do genetic stuff with their kids," Malcolm told me. Ellison, meanwhile, who has two children in their 30s, has reportedly resumed having kids — with his 31-year-old girlfriend. "The person of this subculture really sees the pathway to immortality as being through having children," Simone said. The person of this subculture really sees the pathway to immortality as being through having children. Before she met Malcolm, Simone was convinced she wanted to live her life single and child-free.

☆ A Twitter executive warned employees to use Slack 'wisely' as Elon Musk keeps looking for internal critics to fire
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Twitter CEO Elon Musk is continuing his search to fire employees who may have criticized him. An executive sent a message last night telling workers Slack messages are "company property." As CEO Elon Musk imposes a new "extremely hardcore" culture at Twitter and continues firing perceived critics, employees are being warned off using internal company tools like Slack as forums for free communication. Musk recently combed Slack and employee Twitter profiles to find those critical of him or his decisions, and he subsequently fired them, as Insider reported. Are you a Twitter employee or someone else with insight to share?

☆ Elon Musk got a team to trawl Twitter's internal chat platform and create a list of insubordinate employees, resulting in some firings, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk ordered his Twitter team to make a list of insubordinate staff, the New York Times reports. The team scanned Twitter's internal chat platform and employees' tweets for criticism of Musk. Just shy of two dozen employees were fired overnight on Tuesday for criticizing Musk either publicly or internally through Slack. After one Twitter user said "you probably don't want this guy on your team," Musk responded in a now-deleted tweet that "he's fired." Twitter staff who made mention of Frohnhoefer's firing in internal chats were also cut from the company, The Times reported.

☆ Elon Musk sent a midnight email telling Twitter staff to commit to an 'extremely hardcore' work schedule — or get laid off with 3 months' severance
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk sent an ultimatum to all Twitter staff in a midnight email, per The Washington Post. Staff have been given 40 hours to agree to "extremely hardcore" work, or be laid-off. He earlier told Twitter employees to expect 80-hour work weeks and fewer office perks, like free lunches. Musk later posted a picture of himself meeting with "Ligma and Johnson," a pair of pranksters who impersonated laid-off Twitter employees last month and successfully tricked some news outlets. Twitter laid off around 50% of its 7,500 staff on November 4, shortly after Musk completed his takeover.

☆ Introducing Insider's 100 people transforming business
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Matt Weinberger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It's my pleasure to introduce to you Insider's list of 100 People Transforming Business in 2022 — our annual celebration of the people who are bucking trends and upending convention across industries. Insider's annual list of the 100 People Transforming Business. 100 People Transforming Business. Twitter insiders worry that a crash is incoming. TCI, a major investor in Google's parent company Alphabet, sent a letter on Tuesday urging Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to cut costs.

☆ Twitter insiders are calling Elon Musk by a new nickname, Elmo. It's spreading on the platform.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitter employees have taken to calling him Elmo, and it's catching on more broadly on the platform. Part of the reason for the nickname is Twitter turning into "a dictatorship" under Musk, a former employee said. Thousands of recent Tweets and comments clearly discussing Musk only mention the Muppet by name. Discussing Musk under his new nickname keeps the CEO from trending and it keeps critics out of his mentions. Are you a Twitter employee or someone else with insight to share?

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