Hundreds of employees tipped to resign from Twitter after billionaire Elon Musk issues ultimatum of 'long hours at high intensity'
ABCHundreds of Twitter employees are estimated to be leaving the beleaguered social media company after an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk that staffers sign up for "long hours at high intensity" or leave. Key points: Elon Musk emailed all Twitter staff to say they needed to be "extremely hardcore" to stay Hundreds of employees joined a private group called "voluntary-layoff", current staff say Dozens of staff have already announced their departure publicly In a poll on the workplace app Blind, 42 per cent of 180 people chose the answer for "Taking exit option, I'm free!" In an apparent jab at Mr Musk's call for employees to be "hardcore", the Twitter profile bios of several departing engineers on Thursday described themselves as "softcore engineers" or "ex-hardcore engineers". Meanwhile, a new lawsuit filed by California-based engineering manager Dmitry Borodaenko said Mr Musk's new mandate that employees put in "long hours at high intensity" and stop working remotely discriminated against workers with disabilities.