Hundreds of Twitter employees reportedly decided to leave the company after new owner Elon Musk issued an ultimatum on Thursday, urging employees to be prepared to work “long hours at high intensity” or leave.
After realizing that the number of people choosing to leave the company might be greater than expected, Musk backtracked on a decision he posted a week ago on back to officessaying on Thursday that employees will be allowed to work remotely if their managers deem they are demonstrating “excellent contributions,” according to the daily Washington Post.
The same paper also mentions that the group leaders had a quick meeting to discuss who should be invited back to the company.
The layoffs show the reluctance of some of Twitter’s roughly 3,000 employees to stay at the company, where Musk fired half of the staff. including top managementand tried to change the practice.
According to Washington Postemployees estimate that there are between 2,000 and 2,500 people left in the company, but an investigation into who left is yet to be determined, as most of the people who were part of the HR department also left the company.
Elon Musk tweeted Thursday night that he is not worried about employee exits as “the best people stay.” According to sources cited by Reuters, the multimillionaire met with some key employees on Thursday to try to convince them to stay with the company.
“We just set another all-time high for Twitter usage…,” he added without elaborating.
More than 110 Twitter employees across at least four continents have announced their decision to leave the company in messages posted on the social network, though Reuters has not independently verified the reports. About 15 employees, many of whom work in advertising, have expressed their intention to stay with the company.
More than 500 employees wrote farewell messages on the internal communications platform Twitter on Thursday, according to a source close to them.
In a private conversation on the platform Signal Of the roughly 50 Twitter employees, almost 40 said they had decided to leave, according to a former employee quoted by Reuters. In turn, in a closed group on the platform Weaknear 360 employees from Twitter have joined a new group called Voluntary Retirement, according to another source.
platform in danger
Many engineers responsible for fixing mistakes and service outage prevention will be running low, raising questions about platform stability.
On Thursday evening, the version of Twitter used by employees began to slow down, according to a source cited by Reuters, who predicted that the public version of Twitter could be blocked overnight.
“If it blocks, there will be no one to fix things in many areas,” said the source, who declined to be named for fear of reprisals.
“I am aware of six critical systems that no longer have engineers,” said a former employee. Washington Post🇧🇷 In addition, most of the persons responsible for detect disinformation, spamfake accounts and impersonation also came out.
“Any mistake in code and operations is now fatal,” said a former engineer who left the company this week, quoted by an American newspaper. Those who stay “will be overwhelmed and more likely to make mistakes because of it,” he added.
Trouble messages on Twitter skyrocketed to 350 on Thursday night. websiteDowndetectorwhich monitors interrupts places and applications.
“We have to be very tough”
“Going forward, to create innovative Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world, we need to be extremely tough,” Musk said in a keynote Wednesday. Email mail which he sent out to Twitter employees.
O Email mail asked employees to click “yes” if they wanted to stay with the company. The owner also said he assumes those who haven’t responded by 5:00 pm (local time) on Thursday want to leave and be compensated with three months’ wages, according to the agency. Washington Post.
Tess Reinerson, who was tasked with building the cryptocurrency team at Twitter, was one of the employees who left the company. In turn, some engineers who chose to leave have changed their Twitter bios to identify themselves as “engineers”. eroticaor “former engineers hardcore“.
Many departing employees used hashtag #LoveWhereYouWorked to announce the decision.
“I thought my soul was already completely crushed after the last two weeks. I was so wrong Today was difficult, ”the publication says.
I thought my soul was already completely crushed after the last two weeks. I was so wrong Today was hard.
There will never be a better culture than the one we had. We know it. Every other tech company knows this.#LoveWhereYouWorked ????
When the staff announced they were leaving, Musk took to social media to joke. “How to make a small fortune in social networks? Start big [fortuna]”, He wrote.
On Thursday, the words “worthless billionaire” and “bankrupt kid” in reference to Elon Musk were also projected on the walls of Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco, although it was not clear who organized the demonstration.
OAll Bugatti Centodieci have been delivered, the Molsheim-based brand said on Monday. Cristiano Ronaldo received the number 07 in October this year. and Bugatti has now revealed that the latest unit – #10 – is already in the possession of its owner.
“The Centodieci combines all the values of the Bugatti brand in an extraordinary package: rarity, innovation, heritage, craftsmanship and unrivaled performance. The production batch of 10 units was so in demand by our customers that it was sold before the Centodieci. was even officially presented,” said Christophe Piochon, president of Bugatti.
This latest example is finished in Quartz White with carbon fiber trim on the bottom and matte grilles. The brake calipers are painted in Light Blue Sport, as is the logo on the rear that refers to the EB110, the iconic Bugatti model that inspired this Centodieci. Inside, the predominant color is also blue, as you can see in the images above.
This block is powered by the same block as the other nine instances. The 8.0-liter W16 with four turbines is capable of developing 1600 hp. In terms of performance, this allows the Centodieci to hit 100 km/h in just 2.4 seconds and reach a top speed of 380 km/h.
Recall that each unit costs the owners eight million euros before taxes.
BUT Dacia revealed this Monday that the hybrid engine has been available since March on the Jogger, the Romanian brand’s model known to be available with a seven-seat variant.
The Jogger Hybrid 140, Dacia’s first hybrid, will hit dealerships in March, but customers can expect and order it as early as January.
The price has been revealed by Dacia and since it’s only available in the seven-seater SL Extreme, it starts at €28,800. The brand claims it is “the most affordable hybrid family car on the market.”
Available in six existing colors to celebrate the launch of this hybrid, there will be a slate gray version, as you can see in the images above.
Equipped with a 1.6 liter four-cylinder petrol engine with 90 hp, the Jogger is also powered by two electric motors (a 50 hp engine and a high-voltage starter-generator). The total power is 140 horsepower. The electric transmission is automatic, four-speed, connected to an internal combustion engine, and two speeds are connected to an electric motor. This combined technology was possible, according to Dacia, only due to the lack of clutch.
Combined with the energy recovery levels of the 1.2kWh (230V) battery pack and the efficiency of the automatic transmission, regenerative braking delivers all-electric traction on 80% of urban journeys and saves up to 40% of fuel compared to a combustion engine vehicle.
Tesla has finally been able to bring its long-awaited Semi to market. This electric truck promises to revolutionize transportation and bring all the unique characteristics of this type of electric vehicle to this class of vehicles.
Now that the first units have been delivered, there is hope that they will finally be mass-produced and reach more transport companies. With so many promises to be kept, a new video is now emerging showing Tesla testing its Semi truck under worst-case scenarios.
Tesla Semi is already on the market
Like all Tesla electric vehicles, Semi follows the same line of creating a unique design associated with a platform with the most modern technology available. The proof is in what was presented to the public and surprised most people.
To prove the quality of this new proposal, Tesla published in your LinkedIn account new video. In it, he reveals some of the testing he's done to determine the strength and quality of the Semi's design and its (potential) durability.
Tests to prove its durability
It has been revealed that the Tesla electric truck is subjected to numerous tests and its application in the worst scenarios that drivers may face. It doesn't stop at the ruggedness of the Semi's designs, but goes further and focuses on the motors and batteries themselves.
This is the proof that many have been waiting for to ensure that this new proposal is not limited to a lot of autonomy. Its resistance is great and will provide greater durability, further enhancing the Semi's value and performance.
Tesla has already showcased the Semi's quality with a video showing its truck driving roughly 500 miles on just one charge. The big news here is that he managed to make this long journey with a maximum load of about 37 tons.
Now Tesla remains to widely place the Semi on the market. At the moment, only a few companies have access to this new product, with a very long list of pending deliveries, who want to start mass-using this electric truck offering.