It's just another day at Twitter, as the boss of the company's France branch has quit following Elon Musk's controversial takeover.
Following his $44 billion takeover of the social media giant last month, Musk has reportedly laid off 50% of the company's workforce, appointed himself the sole director, and eliminated working from home.
Musk's takeover has been the subject of drama and headlines - almost like the tech world's version of The Real Housewives of New York, except with fewer housewives and more Musk.
A slew of famous faces have also quit the app - including Whoopi Goldberg, Ryan Reynolds, and Toni Braxton.
"I'm shocked and appalled at some of the 'free speech' I've seen on this platform since its acquisition. Hate speech under the veil of 'free speech' is unacceptable; therefore I am choosing to stay off Twitter as it is no longer a safe space for myself, my sons and other [people of color]," RnB icon Braxton had tweeted before leaving the app.
Now, Twitter's head of France Damien Viel evidently wants to be added to the list, after he announced his resignation on Monday (November 20), after being with the company for seven years.
"It's over. Pride, honor, and mission accomplished. Goodbye #twitterfrance. What an adventure! What a team! What encounters! Thank you to all for these 7 amazing and intense years," the tweet read.
It was later confirmed by Reuters that Viel's resignation was real, though he did not provide a reason for leaving.
This latest resignation comes fresh off the back of 51-year-old Musk's first email to the company's employees, almost two weeks since he first took over. In that email, the South African-born billionaire offered six rules to "insane productivity."
Musk also appeared to offer staff an ultimatum, writing: "Going forward, to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world, we will need to be extremely hardcore. This will mean working long hours at high intensity. Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade."
The email - which was obtained by CNN and contained the subject line "a fork in the road" - also stated that employees who did not want to continue under these new conditions would have until 5:00PM the next day (which was November 17) to resign via an online form. "If you are sure that you want to be part of the new Twitter, please click yes on the link below," the email stated.
Staff choosing not to work in an all-new "hardcore" Twitter would receive three months' severance pay, per The Washington Post. It seems Musk's ultimatum did not go down well with employees, as Entrepreneur reported that roughly 1,200 Twitter staff resigned following the email.
In fact, following the apparently unexpected exodus, Musk locked down Twitter headquarters until Monday (November 21), and employees had already begun logging out of the company's internal messaging system, Slack.
Viel seemingly did not want to stick around for an insanely productive hardcore work environment, though we are yet to hear a reason for his resignation.
