Twitter employees complained that the office conditions were getting dirtier and dirtier after Elon Musk fired the cleaning service or cleaning staff. In fact, many employees are forced to bring their own toilet paper from home.
Musk recently fired a cleaning service that works at Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco, United States as a massive savings measure. The dismissals came after cleaners went on strike to demand better pay.
However, the absence of cleaning staff at the Twitter office immediately made the situation not conducive. To The New York Times, Twitter employees said their office was now stained with an unpleasant smell of leftover food and body odor.
The bathroom and toilet were dirty because no one cleaned them. Some employees even had to bring their own toilet paper from home because there was no cleaning staff to replace the tissue supply.
Twitter itself has yet to pay rent for its San Francisco headquarters. Musk then moved all employees to two floors and closed the other four floors.
The social media company has also stopped paying rent for its Seattle office and is in danger of being evicted. They also fired cleaners and security guards at one of its offices in New York.
Another saving effort made by Musk is to turn off one of Twitter's data centers in Sacramento, California. Even though Twitter employees have warned that this step will make the service not optimal, as quoted from The New York Times, Sunday (1/1/2023).
On Christmas Eve, Musk said Twitter was still functioning normally even after he disconnected one of its sensitive server racks. However, on Thursday, Twitter was down for several hours, but the cause is unknown.
Overall, Musk is reportedly seeking to slash $500 million in non-labor spending from Twitter's budget. The former richest man in the world has indeed opened up about Twitter's not-ideal financial condition.