The Blubber

Per Zoe Schiffer from The Platformer

Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter was met with layoffs after layoffs, and now, the new CEO is requiring managers to identify low performers regularly. Employees identified as low performers will be given up to four weeks to improve or be laid off.

An email was sent to Twitter engineers laying out what they are expected to do. Managers must regularly identify low performers and give them up to four weeks to improve, or they lose their jobs.

In the email, expectations on software engineers and managers were detailed, saying they should ship code weekly. They were told not to replace writing code with analytics, documentation, and helping others though the latter was still considered a fundamental part of the job.

The email also offered metrics for positions outside of software engineering, saying employees in other departments are required to demonstrate their contributions to the company weekly.

The email to Twitter employees said the most important metric was not the lines of code added, saying deletions of code lines are more important than adding new ones. The email said the only exemptions to the expectations are leaves and approved PTOs.

Musk previously gave his remaining employees an ultimatum after letting go of half of its workforce, including top management. He told remaining staff to sign up for "long hours at high intensity" or depart from the company, per Reuters.

The Twitter CEO confidently addressed the inquiries regarding the remaining staff, saying he wasn't worried since the "best people are staying." Despite his statement, Musk tried to meet with some top employees and convince them to stay, as per a current and recently departed employee.

Musk also expressed his thoughts about remote work, saying this is fine for people "performing at an exceptional level." However, he specified that he preferred in-office collaboration, per CNBC.

For employees to be approved for remote work, their managers have to take responsibility for ensuring that the remote employees make excellent contributions.

Despite working remotely, workers are still required to have in-person meetings with colleagues at an ideal weekly pace saying in-person meetings are required at least once a month.

The email warned that managers who falsely claim someone's performance, remote or not, will be laid off from the company.

References:

Zoe Schiffer's Twitter thread

Reuters

CNBC

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