Musk Tells Staff Accept ‘Hardcore’ Twitter or Leave in Email (2)

Elon Musk sent an email to Twitter Inc. employees requiring them to pledge to stay with the company, working long hours at “high intensity” during its transformation, or to accept a buyout.

Staff will have to complete the online form by 5 p.m. New York time on Thursday or accept three months severance. For Twitter to succeed, “we will need to be extremely hardcore,” Musk said in the email, which was seen by Bloomberg.

“Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade,” the email said.

A representative for Twitter didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The Washington Post ...