On October 27, Elon Musk became the owner and CEO of Twitter in a hostile $44-billion bid and introduced multiple changes to the company. He celebrated the landmark acquisition by tweeting, “The bird is free”. Ever since, Twitter’s 7,500 staffers have been facing bizarre challenges every day, including having to put up with the American billionaire’s eccentric decisions and explosive tweets. 

On November 19, everyone woke up to the rumour that Twitter could shut down because mass resignations had left its offices devoid of coders. Twitter Inc. announced that it was temporarily closing its offices after Musk had issued an ultimatum to his employees: Stay with the company “working long hours at high intensity” or quit with three months’ severance pay. The closure, insiders said, came after two-thirds of the staff opted for the second option.