'Where Are Women?': Picture Of Twitter Office 'Before And After Elon Musk' Shocks Internet
The other photo highlighted a conspicuous absence of women from Twitter, after Musk's acquisition. A group of men, with only two women, can be seen in the picture, along with Musk flashing a thumbs-up sign.
On November 20, Lauren Chen took to the microblogging website to post a photo of ''Twitter before Elon vs Twitter after Elon". The internet was quick to spot the difference the difference and it was shocking. It was the unusually low number of women among the employees left at Twitter.
Pictures now viral
Twitter before Elon vs Twitter after Elon pic.twitter.com/rnhsgWc2IN
¡ª Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) November 19, 2022
This comes as things at Twitter are not looking bright after nearly half of the workforce was abruptly fired while many employees triggered by Elon Musk's "hardcore" ultimatum chose to resign even before the deadline.
The first photo showed a diverse mix of employees of both genders at the Twitter office - this was before Elon Musk took over Twitter. The other photo highlighted a conspicuous absence of women from Twitter, after Musk's acquisition. A group of men, with only two women, can be seen in the picture, along with Musk flashing a thumbs-up sign.
Notably, Elon Musk also shared the same pics from inside Twitter headquarters on Saturday. The photos were from the publicised 'code review' meeting on the 10th floor of Twitter headquarters where the "Chier Twit" had called all the coders of the company.
Just leaving Twitter HQ code review pic.twitter.com/pYcXRTJm14
¡ª Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2022
Netizens spot the differences
The tweet has gone viral, and many on social media took note of 'the case of missing women' at the Twitter headquarters.
Several questioned why the images depicted a lack of gender equality among the Twitter workforce. Many also compared the scenario to ex-US President Donald Trump's cabinet, which had only a handful of women. Some even pointed out the apparent racism.
where¡¯d all the women go?
¡ª ana (@boobieIuvr) November 20, 2022
Tell me you support the patriarchy without telling me you support the patriarchy.
¡ª tellthetruth ?????? (@9_tellthetruth) November 20, 2022
Where are the black people?
¡ª ? Lovely ? (@SweetPea1636) November 20, 2022
Women had enough sense to leave the company with severance.
¡ª Decoding Fox News (@DecodingFoxNews) November 20, 2022
Situation in Twitter currently
Meanwhile, the hashtag #RIPTwitter gained huge traction on the site after resignations poured in from employees who chose "no" to Musk's demand that they either be "extremely hardcore" or exit the company.
The employees signaled they were leaving ahead of Musk's deadline, posting farewell messages, a salute emoji, or other familiar symbols on the company¡¯s internal Slack messaging board last week.
Notable departures included Tess Rinearson, who was tasked with building a cryptocurrency team at Twitter. Rinearson tweeted the blue heart and salute emojis.
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