Twitter: Employees sleep on the office floor, Elon Musk fires employees and mocks critics with memes

Twitter updates from Elon Musk: Twitter is in turmoil after Elon Musk’s takeover. The latter has announced job cuts at Twitter. According to reports, he is about to lay off half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees.

In a letter sent to employees today, the billionaire asked employees who go to the office to go home and wait for an email. Twitter will send an email to its employees, indicating whether or not they were affected by the layoffs.

Previously, Elon Musk had asked staff to work 12-hour days, seven days a week, to reinvent Twitter. In addition, he abandoned Twitter’s “remote work” policy, requiring all staff to come into the office.

Twitter employees can be seen sleeping on the floor in the midst of this crisis. Twitter employee Evan Jones posted a photo on Twitter of Esther Crawford, Twitter’s director of product management, sleeping on the office floor. He wrote, “When you need something from your boss at Elon Twitter“.

When you need something from your boss at elon twitter pic.twitter.com/hfArXl5NiL

– evan (@evanstnlyjones) November 2, 2022

Elon Trolls critics of Twitter’s $8 Blue-Tick subscription plan.

Aside from that, a discussion of Elon Musk’s decision to charge Twitter users $8 a month for the “blue tick” has been going on since the announcement surfaced. Many people are upset that Musk is charging for a service that was previously free. Musk, however, is in the mood to silence his critics with verbal attacks, sarcasm, tweets and memes. Musk has traded critics, including celebrities, with memes on Twitter.

In one such meme, he criticized people who blithely buy $8 Starbucks coffees. But they are clamoring to pay $8 for the blue tick for 30 days.

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– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022

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– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022

Totally stole idea of charging for insults & arguments from Monty Python tbh https://t.co/oFKRyp3BS7

– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022

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– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022

Elon Musk’s clash with the rising star of American politics, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Elon Musk and U.S. politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also known as AOC, got into an argument on Twitter over the new subscription plan “blue tick” from Twitter.

“Lmao to a billionaire who is seriously trying to sell people on the idea that “free speech” is actually an $8 a month subscription“, AOC tweeted, mocking the move. Musk responded to his tweet by saying, “Your comments are appreciated, now pay $8.“

Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8

– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022

In another tweet, he posted a photo of a sweatshirt sold to AOC supporters that cost $58 and added a reflection emoji.

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– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 3, 2022