Elon Musk's aggressive management style turning you off? Moving here! Thousands of former workers of Twitter Inc. who were let off by the social media business under its new owner are being courted by talent-starved technology companies using that pitch.
Following Musk's turbulent takeover of the social media network, Twitter has ousted key executives and imposed drastic employment cutbacks with little notice. 3,700 workers, or around half the workforce, have been let go.
According to reports, his extensive changes caused hundreds more to resign. The most recent top manager to quit was Monday's head of French operations.
Some businesses are now attempting to recruit experienced engineering expertise by appealing to their contempt for the strategies of the world's richest person in an attempt to seize an opportunity.
Hubspot's chief people officer, Katie Burke, slammed Musk on claims that he dismissed a bunch of workers for criticising him on the organization's internal Slack channels. The reports could not be confirmed by Reuters.
She stated in a Linkedin post that "getting criticised is part of your job as a leader." "Great leaders understand that disagreement and debate are necessary parts of the process that improve you. HubSpot is hiring if you want a place where you can disagree with people (kindly, clearly, of course)."
Burke's post on Linkedin received more than 35,000 favourable responses by Monday night.
Requests for response from both Musk and Twitter went unanswered.
Similar strategies are being used by other businesses like Hubspot.
CoderPad CEO Amanda Richardson wrote an open message to Twitter users who have left the social media platform.
Richardson called Musk's takeover a "s* show" and said it had been "terribly stressful, demoralising, and demotivating," citing Musk's first restriction on remote work.
"At CoderPad, we think your abilities speak for themselves. No, not where you sit. Unless you nap while working. not working 18 hours a day, seven days a week."
In recent weeks, hundreds of employees have been let go by other major US internet companies like Meta and Amazon as a result of the unstable economic climate.
The widespread criticism of Musk, however, has brought to light the industry's pressing need for highly qualified digital workers in several areas.
High attrition rates and a wave of digitalization initiatives throughout industry and government, according to a recent study from market research firm Gartner, have created a "hyper-competitive" market for technical talent.
Mass layoffs and public resignations at Twitter have raised concerns that the company is losing key employees and that the social media "town square" may experience technological difficulties.
In a similar Linkedin post, Michael Weening, CEO of the US cloud and software business Calix, called recent events at Twitter "disturbing" and assured potential new hires that their company's culture "starts with our team members."
Weening told Reuters, "From our standpoint, this is a tremendous opportunity, since those who would not speak to us previously are disenchanted and seeking. People are protesting the poisonous society by shouting "No more."
