Twitter Employees Bring Their Own Toilet Paper After Elon Musk Fired Janitors: Report

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Mr Musk's "erratic and hands-on leadership style" has alienated some Twitter employees.

Elon Musk has been undertaking "crazy cost cutting" measures at Twitter. The remaining employees at San Francisco headquarters of the microblogging platform have begun bringing their own toilet paper to the "smelly office" after the company cut back on janitorial services, according to a report in New York Times (NYT). The layoffs came after the janitors went on strike for higher pay.

The lack of janitors has "left the office in disarray," with bathrooms that have "grown dirty" and persistent odours of "leftover takeout food and body odour," NYT said citing sources familiar with the situation.

According to the outlet, some employees are bringing their own toilet paper because there are no janitors on hand to replace supplies. "Chief Twit" is said to have crammed the employees onto two floors while closing down four others.

Other cost-cutting measures include Mr Musk's decision to close one of Twitter's data centres in Sacramento, California, despite employee concerns that it would harm the site's performance.

The centre was one of three critical server facilities that kept the social network up and running. According to NYT, some expressed concern that losing the servers would cause problems, but were told that the priority was to save money.

Twitter has also asked its employees to work from home since the company has stopped paying rent entirely at its Seattle building. According to the report, the microblogging platform will most likely only have offices in New York City and San Francisco. However, the company is said to have skipped rent at its Bay Area headquarters and San Francisco office. Cleaners and security guards were also laid off at one of the company's New York offices.

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NYT said that Mr Musk's "erratic and hands-on leadership style" has alienated some Twitter employees. He has also directed his subordinates to identify employees who have leaked information about the company's operations to the media. The billionaire is reportedly attempting to cut $500 million in non-labour expenses from Twitter's budget.

emccm on December 31st, 2022 at 12:18 UTC »

A few years ago the building management where my company is located switched to a cheaper, thinner brand of toilet paper. People threatened to quit, our CEO was furious and there was a big scene. We had a firm wide meeting where the CEO told us it was unacceptable, that people work hard and a clean and comfortable workplace was the bare minimum. The building switched back. Whenever “cost cutting” comes up the building management mention the toilet paper and how it, and the soap, are off limits. I work for a top firm with ridiculous retention rates. It’s the small things that keep employees happy and it’s the small things that cause them to walk.

The only people still at Twitter are those held hostage by their visas and those no one else wants to hire.

MoonageDayscream on December 31st, 2022 at 11:41 UTC »

Watch, he's gonna say it's a true paperless office.

sirboddingtons on December 31st, 2022 at 11:08 UTC »

I bet Twitter smells right now.