Twitter employees have made a list of demands for their new boss who’s expected to take over the company on Friday.
Reports last week indicated Elon Musk was preparing to fire around 75% of the employees at Twitter after he takes over the company.
Elon Musk vows to fire 75 PERCENT of Twitter's workforce https://t.co/uXP3NvBfRf
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 20, 2022
Daily Mail reported:
Twitter employees took to the social media site they fear they will be laid off from Thursday night after documents emerged showing that Elon Musk plans to cut the workforce by 75 percent.
Corporate documents obtained by the Washington Post reveal that the billionaire told prospective investors in his $44 billion deal to buy the social media giant that he plans to get rid of three-quarters of its 7,500 workers.
That would leave the company with just a skeleton crew of just over 2,000 employees, which experts say would make it difficult for the social media company to tamp down on what it deems to be 'misinformation.'
In response, Twitter employees released a list of demands for current and future leadership.
They are also worried Elon firing employees "will hurt Twitter’s ability to serve the public conversation."
I can't 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/qWT5Ydt5m4
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) October 25, 2022
Twitter users commented on the list of demands:
“We demand management not do to us what we do to users we hate (due to their race, gender and political alignment) everyday.”
— 100 Proof 🥃 (@ChampionCapua) October 25, 2022
Well, this should make figuring out which employees to let go very easy.
— JR (@jjreffy) October 25, 2022
Teslarati reported:
Employees at Twitter have drafted an open letter with their demands for Elon Musk, who is buying the social media platform on Friday. In the drafted letter reviewed by Time Magazine, employees have a list of demands for the Tesla and SpaceX CEO.
Along with the demands, the employees wanted to express their thoughts about the plans to let go of 75% of the staff. The letter called these plans “reckless” and said that it’s “a transparent act of worker intimidation.”
According to the open letter, the employees who signed it told Elon Musk that they would not be intimidated and that both Twitter and Elon Musk needs to “cease these negligent layoff threats.”
In the open letter, the employees list what they “demand of the current and future leadership.” Twitter employees listed the four demands and what the demands mean to them.
“Respect: We demand leadership to respect the platform and the workers who maintain it by committing to preserving the current headcount.”
“Safety: We demand that leadership does not discriminate against workers on the basis of their race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or political beliefs. We also demand safety for workers on visas, who will be forced to leave the country they work in if they are laid off.”
Protection: We demand Elon Musk explicitly commit to preserve our benefits, those both listed in the merger agreement and not (e.g. remote work). We demand leadership to establish and ensure fair severance policies for all workers before and after any change in ownership.”
“Dignity: We demand transparent, prompt and thoughtful communication around our working conditions. We demand to be treated with dignity, and to not be treated as mere pawns in a game played by billionaires.”
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