Elon Musk puts beds in Twitter headquarters so his employees can sleep

Between fired and resigned, Chirping they lost half their staff. This means that those who remain, complying with the order of the new owner, Elon Musk, to work on a piecework basis, are forced to work endless days with 12 hours of workseven days a week.

For this reason, the billionaire has converted the office space into bedroomswhich did not go unnoticed by the San Francisco authorities.

Twitter is under investigation by municipal authorities after receiving complaints about this urban redevelopment of its barracks, which has provoked the ire of Musk, for whom rules and regulations are worthless paper, or pretend to be.

To demonstrate the fairness of the circumstances and yours working solidarity, It also has a space to rest.

In these complaints, the internal panorama is described as follows: “Modest rooms, with unmade beds, monotonous curtains and gigantic meeting rooms with the presence of monitors”. This decoration change responds to Musk’s plan for Twitter toughness, a situation that requires many hours of dedication and high intensity.

Faced with the municipal inquiry, Musk replied that they should rather thank him for addressing a pressing problem in the Californian city such as homelessness. “The city of San Francisco attacks companies that provide beds to tired workers instead of ensuring the safety of children. protected against fentanyl”, alluding to the opiate crisis that exists in that metropolis.

Mail Alert A few days ago, Musk also notified his employees via email that his new Twitter 2.0 It would not be possible without “extremely hard” work with long hours and high intensity. In the same communication, in fact, you warned that anyone who was not willing to make this extra effort would be immediately fired.

Not only does Musk expect Twitter employees to spend long hours and even sleep in the office when needed, he’s also lost many of his employees to other companies like Tesla and Boring to help him on the social network during the current crisis.the transition period.

Along these lines, sources close to the situation have explained to the Bloomberg agency that the cameras that have been installed on Twitter are also coming in handy for these workers who are They temporarily move to San Francisco.

Twitter Blue, more expensive on the iPhone

Meanwhile, the plan to make Twitter a profitable product continues. Musk plans to charge $11 a month for his “Twitter Blue” subscription on iPhone, instead of $7 for other users. The explanation for the increase has to do with the 30% Apple earns from in-app purchases.

The higher price of the iPhone could allow Twitter to provide Apple with 30 percent of the profits from in-app purchases without significantly impacting the company’s revenue.

Although there is still not enough information to know how it will be implemented, this could lead users to contract directly via the web, to avoid the surcharge.

Also, this isn’t the first time iPhone users have had to pay more. It is important to note that while other companies like Spotify have charged higher prices on iPhones in the past, this can be confusing for consumers who don’t understand why prices are different for different devices.

It’s worth mentioning that Apple has no problem with companies charging more for in-app subscriptions than they do on the web. However, without more information, it’s hard to say for sure which one will be the effects of this price difference.

Twitter recently changed the price of its subscription service, “Blue Twitter” after a dispute with Apple.

The disagreement began when Tesla CEO Elon Musk criticized Apple’s app store fees, claiming that Apple had “threatened to withhold Twitter from its app store.”

However, Musk later retracted his statement after meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook. Elon Musk and Tim Cook met at Apple Park and, according to Musk, had a “good conversation” over a “misunderstanding” about the possible removal of Twitter from the App Store.

With information from La Vanguardia