Twitter CEO Elon Musk has refuted reports that staff in the company’s Dublin office are no longer allowed to work from home.
It was reported this week that staff at Twitter Dublin were told that remote working was no longer possible, and they are now required to be in the office at least 40 hours a week.
Responding to a tweet which included a screenshot of an email about the new policy, Musk said: “This is false.”
So, word around is, @elonmusk has ordered his Ireland workforce back to Dublin by Monday Or Else.
— Balinares (@balinares) November 12, 2022
There is litterally not enough housing in Dublin for them to do so. pic.twitter.com/vkvwSeX9wd
"Anyone who can hold office ought to do so. However, remaining at home is OK if it is not logistically possible or they have urgent personal concerns, the man stated.
"Working remotely is OK as long as their manager attests to their performance."
Musk claimed that Tesla and SpaceX, his other companies, also followed similar strategy.
Additionally, he responded "yes" to a tweet questioning whether a manager would be dismissed if they made an assurance of excellence but failed to deliver on it.
If manager vouches for excellence and they don’t deliver excellence does the manager get fired?
— father to accomplished psychologist (@elephantbridge) November 12, 2022
This week, Bloomberg reported that Musk intended to cut 3,700 jobs at Twitter, with the remaining workers being urged to report back to work.
The latest in a series of dramatic changes at the social network since the billionaire took over as CEO two weeks ago is his apparent U-turn on remote employment.
Fake accounts
Since Musk's takeover, Twitter has struggled to combat the proliferation of fraudulent accounts. To combat this, Twitter has suspended sign-ups for a new paid checkmark system and reinstated a grey "official" badge on some accounts.
Early on Friday, the @TwitterSupport account tweeted that a grey checkmark designating a "official" account was returning, just days after it had been introduced before being almost soon removed.
The label's deployment appeared irregular because the network's @Twitter account saw it briefly before it vanished.
By Friday morning, the company had also halted Twitter Blue sign-ups. Musk, a supporter of free expression, had hailed Twitter Blue as giving "power to the people" by giving regular users a $8/month verified blue tick that was previously only available to well-known accounts.
The tool had been temporarily blocked to "help resolve impersonation issues," according to an internal document for Twitter personnel that was obtained by US media, including The Washington Post.
Musk had issued a warning that Twitter will suspend fictitious accounts that were not distinctly characterised as parody when he unveiled the sponsored blue-check verification system.
Going forward, accounts engaged in parody must include “parody” in their name, not just in bio
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 11, 2022
US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly was compelled to apologise on Thursday when a phoney account, stamped with a blue tick purchased, announced that insulin will be made freely available.
The bogus account was deleted, and the business issued an apology.
Concerns regarding the possibility for major harm have been highlighted in light of the instability at Twitter should malicious actors be successful in passing themselves off as authorised representatives of significant businesses or governmental bodies.
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