Musk Terminates Twitter Engineers Over Critical Slack and Social Media Posts
Elon Musk fires a group of Twitter engineers who openly criticize him on the platform and in internal Slack channels. These latest terminations follow a prior wave that cut half of the company's workforce.
Elon Musk fires a group of Twitter engineers after they post critical comments about him on the social network and in an internal Slack channel. Sources indicate that as many as 20 employees lose their jobs in this latest wave of terminations. The dismissed employees reportedly share their frustrations in a widely accessible Slack channel called "social watercooler" or directly on Twitter.
These firings follow Musk's recent decision to let go of approximately half of all Twitter employees as part of a massive cost-cutting effort. Emails notifying the engineers of their termination go out around 4:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Some affected employees confirm their sudden departure on their verified accounts, noting that their "snarkposting" leads directly to their dismissal.
Current employees express deep concern over the loss of crucial institutional knowledge, noting that the fired engineers are considered too important to cut during the initial layoffs. Managers now actively warn their remaining staff to stay silent about any mistakes the platform makes under Musk's leadership. Former and current employees continue to share screenshots of internal dictums and infighting through private chat groups outside of the company's official systems.