Twitter proprietor Elon Musk can add one other title to his already lengthy listing: Big Brother. On Tuesday, the social media boss confirmed his staff that he was all the time watching what they have been saying on Twitter’s inner channels, particularly in the event that they have been speaking smack about him.

“I would like to apologize for firing these geniuses. Their immense talent will no doubt be of great use elsewhere,” Musk tweeted Tuesday round lunchtime.

The Platformer e-newsletter first reported that varied Twitter staffers who criticized their new boss on the corporate’s inner Slack channels have been fired in a single day. While the precise quantity is unknown, it gave the impression to be round 20 folks, in line with Platformer. Some staff obtained emails telling them that they have been fired in the course of the night time.

Nick Morgan, a former software program engineer on the firm who labored because the tech lead of the Tweet Service, posted a screenshot on Tuesday of the midnight e-mail he obtained from human sources.

“We regret to inform you that your employment is terminated effective immediately,” the e-mail stated. “Your recent behavior has violated company policy.”

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Morgan, who had been with Twitter for greater than 11 years, in line with his LinkedIn profile, tweeted that he believed he was fired for “not showing 100% loyalty in slack.” The software program engineer added that he had heard of the identical factor occurring to quite a few different former colleagues.

Sasha Solomon, a staff software engineer and co-tech lead of Twitter’s Core API platform crew, additionally stated she had been fired for “shitposting.”

“lol just got fired for shitposting. i said it before and i’ll say it again. kiss my ass elon,” Solomon tweeted on Tuesday.

@nickrw, a Twitter engineer, and Jesse Feinman, a senior software program engineer, additionally added their names to the listing of individuals fired for shitposting on Tuesday.

“Same, the best way to go!” Feinman tweeted, adding to Solomon.

The midnight firings come someday after the Twitter proprietor fired Eric Frohnhoefer, a software program engineer who had been on the firm for greater than eight years, by way of tweet on Monday. Over the weekend, Musk additionally fired about 4,400 of Twitter’s 5,500 contract workers.

Frohnhoefer had publicly pushed back against Musk’s explanation over why Twitter was running slow in some countries, stating plainly that his boss was wrong. What ensued was a back-and-forth in which Musk demanded to know what the real problem was and asked Frohnhoefer what he had done to fix Twitter’s speed on Android.

Eventually, a 3rd consumer commented on the general public alternate between Frohnhoefer and Musk, stating “with this kind of attitude, you probably don’t want this guy on your team.” Within a minute, Musk responded, “He’s fired.” The billionaire then deleted the “He’s fired” tweet, despite the fact that everybody had seen it.

Notably, @nickrw, the engineer that was fired Tuesday, had also criticized Musk in public, accusing him of not knowing what he was talking about. On Monday, @nickrw slammed Musk for his comments on the platform’s microservices.

“This is what happens when you fire everyone that could give you advice which would, hypothetically, stop you from embarrassing yourself in public,” @nickrw said.

All in all, it looks as if Musk is getting nearer to ditching e-mail and Slack and operating Twitter fully on Twitter. He’s used the platform to crowdsource complaints, debate adjustments to product names, and, most just lately, hearth staff who disagree with him or name him out on his shit. When it involves staff, although, this in all probability received’t be the final time we hear about revolt.

“Tweeps that are still employed, at this time: If your personal situation allows for it, it is your moral duty to disobey. To strike. To protest. To quote tweet Elon when he lies on Twitter,” @nickrw tweeted on Tuesday. “To keep looking after each other.”