"Welcome to Twitter Departures"... Criticizing Musk, 'Love Call' to Tech Workers

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunjin Jung] Since Elon Musk CEO's acquisition, more than half of the employees at the social networking service (SNS) Twitter have left the company, and companies are increasingly sending 'love calls' to technical staff. These companies emphasize that they have an employee-centered organizational culture, highlighting the coercive behavior shown by CEO Musk.

According to LinkedIn on the 22nd (local time), Katie Burke, Chief People Officer (CPO) of the US software company HubSpot, posted on her LinkedIn page last week, "Twitter fired people who criticized management on Slack," and added, "If you want a place where you can clash with people and opinions, HubSpot is hiring now."

She explained, "Last week, HubSpot engineers criticized management, but we thanked them and asked them to gather documents for the proposed solutions, and apologized for the parts I thought were problematic." She continued, "Being criticized as a leader is part of the job," and pointed out, "A good leader must acknowledge that discussions and conflicts make you better."

This message was sent welcoming those who reportedly were fired by CEO Musk after openly criticizing him during the Twitter acquisition process. Burke CPO’s LinkedIn post currently has over 38,000 'recommendations.'

Besides HubSpot, Amanda Richardson, CEO of another recruiting software startup CoderPad, left an open letter to Twitter retirees. She mentioned Musk CEO’s sudden ban on remote work at Twitter, saying, "At CoderPad, we believe your skills speak for everything," and added, "It’s not about where you sit, whether you sleep at work, or working 18 hours a day, seven days a week."

Michael Winning, CEO of Calyx, a US cloud and software platform development company based in Silicon Valley, also emphasized on his LinkedIn page last week, "We are looking for great team members," and "Our culture starts with the team members." He told a foreign media outlet, "From our perspective, this is a great opportunity. It’s a chance to meet people who didn’t talk to us before feeling disillusioned by this situation," and said, "People say they no longer want a toxic culture."

Although large-scale layoffs in tech companies have been pouring in this year, foreign media evaluated that the recent surge in such posts highlights the strong demand for highly skilled technical employees due to CEO Musk’s actions.

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