{"id":1432225,"date":"2022-04-12T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1432225"},"modified":"2022-04-12T08:00:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T12:00:50","slug":"twitter-employees-given-day-of-rest-to-help-with-elon-musk-induced-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-employees-given-day-of-rest-to-help-with-elon-musk-induced-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Employees Given \u201cDay of Rest\u201d to Help With Elon Musk-Induced Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-employees-given-day-of-rest-to-help-with-elon-musk-induced-stress%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1432225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The employees of the Twitter social media platform are taking a Monday siesta following the tumultuous upheaval brought on by the introduction of Tesla\u2019s Elon Musk as a shareholder.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The previous plan was for the company <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/twitter-ceo-announces-company-will-hold-town-hall-with-elon-musk\">to host a town hall<\/a> between Musk and staff, to ensure everyone was on the same page about the business agenda going forward. But that has changed now that Musk isn\u2019t going to be on Twitter\u2019s board of directors.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">employees have a previously-scheduled day of rest today, which is well-timed, as the vibe is super stressed, they tell us. <br \/>Twitter employees: my DMs are open if you want to help explain what it&#8217;s been like.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahfrier\/status\/1513559735273885699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Employees have a previously-scheduled day of rest today, which is well-timed, as the vibe is super stressed, they tell us,&#8221; said Sarah Frier of <em>Bloomberg<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The vibe described within Frier\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-04-11\/musk-s-twitter-staff-address-canceled-after-board-seat-declined\">article<\/a> on the matter indicates that the company is unsure of what Musk\u2019s intentions are.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Employees have the day off Monday for a regular, monthly day of rest the company provides. The break is well-timed as several people described the vibe as \u2018super stressed,\u2019 with employees \u2018working together to help each other get through the week.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The sentiment from employees can be summarized by tweets like this one from a current Google employee who used to work at Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So much of the discourse on Twitter lately has been about Twitter that I&#8217;m beginning to think the wrong company renamed themself Meta<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Ouellette (@jakeout) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakeout\/status\/1513496865894973446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;So much of the discourse on Twitter lately has been about Twitter that I&#8217;m beginning to think the wrong company renamed themself Meta.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>But for now, current Twitter employees like Andy Piper are recharging their batteries before they can offer more hot takes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Day of Rest. I\u2019ll get to messages I\u2019ve missed, later.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Piper (@andypiper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andypiper\/status\/1513445162495717384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Tune out the noise&#8221;&#8230; Sure, I don&#8217;t see this as a difficulty. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y9KV93vYMr\">pic.twitter.com\/y9KV93vYMr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WakeUpHector (@wakeuphector) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wakeuphector\/status\/1513506737508302859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Others don\u2019t know what to do with their free time.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Need to know what to do on days off<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JohannMG (@Johann_MG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Johann_MG\/status\/1513592409887674368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Megan Gleeson ?? (@Gleesonmg214) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gleesonmg214\/status\/1513356356941623303?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me with friends: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XD8hw9RWwQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/XD8hw9RWwQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OZY83Y46sA\">pic.twitter.com\/OZY83Y46sA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Esther Crawford ? (@esthercrawford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esthercrawford\/status\/1513382411421159427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I do not say this lightly<\/p>\n<p>much love to my very fuckin tired coworkers<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Menotti Minutillo ? (@44) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/44\/status\/1513368505818570755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The Twitter Musk saga began back on April 4th, when the Tesla bigwig <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-elon-musk-now-one-of-twitters-largest-shareholders\">became<\/a> one of Twitter\u2019s largest shareholders with a 9.2 percent stake. Elon Musk used to be largely revered by former CEO Jack Dorsey. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>But the situation came as places like The Babylon Bee were <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-babylon-bee-suspended-from-twitter\">censored<\/a> by Twitter for transgender-related critiques of Rachel Levine (<a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/revealed-elon-musk-reached-out-to-babylon-bee-before-buying-ownership-stake-in-twitter\">confirmed<\/a> as a motivator for Musk\u2019s big Twitter stock buy). This in turn created a Twitter employee <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/twitter-employees-triggered-after-elon-musk-buys-ownership-stake\">backlash<\/a> where the more politically sensitive portion of the platform\u2019s staff expressed fears about the future.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The second arc of the Twitter Musk story came as Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-elon-musk-twitter-board\">announced<\/a> the appointment of Elon Musk to the company\u2019s board. But that came with the caveat that the billionaire couldn\u2019t partake in a larger buyout of the company. Regardless, last week, that was enough of a shake-up for Twitter\u2019s engineering manager Jay Holler <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/twitter-manager-says-hes-been-radicalized-following-elon-musks-appointment-to-board-its-broken-me\">to publicly confess<\/a> the Musk news &#8220;radicalized&#8221; him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Holler\u2019s negative sentiments were on the grounds that he doesn\u2019t believe Elon Musk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/elon-musk-slams-corporatist-moralism-of-esg-pushed-by-world-economic-forum\">perspectives<\/a> aligned with his own personal political viewpoints.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>After publicly floating several radical changes that included turning Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters into a homeless camp because nobody physically showed up to work, it was revealed on Monday that Musk has <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-twitter-ceo-announces-elon-musk-decided-not-to-join-tech-giants-board\">declined<\/a> the offer to be a company board member.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>There\u2019s speculation surrounding the change, with <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/elon-musk-signals-that-he-was-told-to-play-nice-and-not-speak-freely-by-twitter-board\">signals<\/a> from Musk\u2019s activity that suggest that being a Twitter board member would not have allowed him to bring about the changes to the platform that he had in mind.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The employees of the Twitter social media platform are taking a Monday siesta following the tumultuous upheaval brought on by the introduction of Tesla\u2019s Elon Musk as a shareholder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1432225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1432225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1432225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1432225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1432225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}