The offices of Twitter will temporarily close with immediate effect, the firm has informed its staff. It did not state why it was moving. The statement comes as there are rumors that several employees were leaving after the new owner, Elon Musk, told them to commit to "long hours at high intensity" or quit.
The statement said, "Please continue to comply with business policy by abstaining from disclosing sensitive company information on social media, with the press, or elsewhere."
Unions have expressed concern over the reports, and Prospect, the tech workers' union, has requested a meeting with Twitter UK to discuss how its staff are being treated.
"We are urgently requesting a meeting with Twitter UK Ltd to address how it will handle its collective redundancy consultation, ensure a fair and open process, and fulfill its duty of care and legal obligations to employees, especially those with special needs.
"Prospect will keep doing everything we can to support our Twitter members. We will hold Twitter legally responsible wherever possible because the big tech tycoons are not above the law."
There are indications that several employees have left the company because they did not agree to Mr. Musk's new terms.
When the dust settles from today, there will probably be fewer than 2,000 individuals left, a former Twitter employee who wished to stay anonymous told the BBC.
They asserted that everyone on their squad had been let go.
"His manager and the manager of that team were fired. Later, the manager of that manager was fired. One of the executives fired on the first day was the person who was directly above them. In this chain of command, nobody is left."
Another person claimed that despite being ready to put in long hours, they had quit their job.
When I was already putting in 60 to 70 hours per week, they claimed, "I didn't want to work for someone who threatened us via email on several occasions about only "special tweeps should work here."
The social media network might "collapse as soon as Monday," according to former Twitter vice-president Bruce Daisley, who spoke to the BBC in response to staff departures.
There are many features, he noted, "that really seem to depend on having engineers on site."
"The product's viability is put in jeopardy if those engineers left.
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