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Twitter’s mass resignations test Elon Musk’s management playbook

5 min read . Updated: 20 Nov 2022, 05:19 PM IST Alexa Corse, The Wall Street Journal

Less than 24 hours after mass resignations rolled in, Musk called his remaining employees back to work on Friday morning, saying in a series of emails to staff that 'anyone who actually writes software' should report to the company’s headquarters at 2 p.m. local time, adding that only those who can’t physically get there or have a family emergency are excused (Photo: AFP) — Less than 24 hours after mass resignations rolled in, Musk called his remaining employees back to work on Friday morning, saying in a series of emails to staff that 'anyone who actually writes software' should report to the company’s headquarters at 2 p.m. local time, adding that only those who can’t physically get there or have a family emergency are excused **(Photo: AFP)**

Mr. Musk has tried to frame demands for long hours of ‘hardcore’ work at Twitter in altruistic terms but it isn’t clear that they are motivating employees

The first day of Twitter 2.0 got off to a chaotic start, after an avalanche of employees rejected Elon Musk‘s ultimatum that they commit to being “hardcore" and he raced to remake the social network to his liking.

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