Twitter Abruptly Closes Offices , As Wave of Employees Resign After Musk’s Ultimatum.<br />On Nov. 16, Elon Musk sent an email to employees asking them to commit to an "extremely hardcore" work ethic and put in "long hours at high intensity" or quit.<br />Staff had until 5:00 p.m. EST <br />on Nov. 17 to decide.<br />Musk took to Twitter a few hours after the deadline to make his feelings known.<br />But NBC News reports that on Nov. 18, hundreds of employees resigned.<br />Entire teams representing critical infrastructure are voluntarily departing the company, leaving the company at serious risk of being able to recover, Anonymous Twitter engineer, to CNBC.<br />We are skilled professionals with lots of options, so Elon has given us no reasons to stay and many to leave, Anonymous Twitter engineer, to CNBC.<br />NBC News reports that the resignations <br />have prompted Twitter to close all <br />of its offices until Nov. 21.<br />Musk has also reportedly asked some of the company's top engineers to reconsider resigning and stay with Twitter. .<br />#RIPTwitter was trending <br />following the resignations
