Twitter employees have been pushed to work 84-hour weeks and managers have slept at the office over the weekend in order to meet Elon Musk’s strict deadlines.
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Twitter employees have been pushed to work 84-hour weeks and managers
Twitter employees have been working far longer hours than usual since Elon Musk came on board, according to Research Editorial. This comes as employees face the prospect of layoffs as part of the internet mogul’s planned makeover of the company.
According to CNBC, citing internal correspondence, Twitter administrators have forced certain employees to work 12-hour shifts seven days a week – 84 hours a week — to meet Musk’s targets.
Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the social networking platform was completed on Thursday evening, but concerns about layoffs at the company had been circulating for some time. It is unclear how many employees will be laid off, when, and which teams would be the most impacted.
Since Friday, employees have been assigned duties, which some regard as a test by Musk’s team to evaluate who works hard.
Insider has revealed that Musk’s team handed some of Twitter’s engineers weekend coding tasks known as sprints. Other responsibilities include making significant improvements to Twitter’s verification process.
