Chaos on Twitter due to massive resignations and the closure of offices 0:40
(CNN) --
In the wake of a mass exodus of Twitter employees, embattled CEO Elon Musk summoned the company's software engineers to his San Francisco headquarters on Friday for an urgent afternoon meeting.
"Anyone who can actually write software, please report to the 10th floor today at 2 pm," Musk wrote in an email to staff obtained by CNN.
“If you are working remotely, please email the request below and I will try to talk to you via video.
Only those who cannot physically make it to Twitter HQ or have a family emergency are exempt," Musk wrote in a subsequent email.
“These will be short technical interviews that will give me a better understanding of Twitter's technology stack.”
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Musk's request comes after dozens of employees rejected his ultimatum to work "extremely hard," choosing instead to leave the company after Thursday's 5 p.m. ET deadline in what one former executive described as an "exodus." massive".
The office summons also marked an apparent reversal in the company's decision to temporarily close its offices until Monday.
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On Thursday night, after the employees decided to leave the company, the employees who remained with the company received an email informing them that the company's offices would be temporarily closed and that access to credentials it would be restricted until Monday, according to a copy of the email obtained by CNN.
Musk's team similarly closed offices during mass layoffs earlier this month due to a security concern and an apparent fear that employees leaving the company might try to sabotage the company by leaving.
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