Saluting out: How Musk's 'extremely hardcore' email caused chaos at Twitter

Slack, Twitter's internal communication platform, was on November 17 flooded with "salute" emojis sent by the employees who have resigned or are leaving the company

"Hundreds upon hundreds" employees of Twitter have reportedly resigned in the last few hours. This comes ahead of the deadline given to them by Elon Musk to either agree to participate in his "extremely hardcore" way of work or resign and accept severance pay. Musk had set 5 PM (UST) to meet the demand.

According to some estimates, the number of resignations up to early Friday may even top 1,000.

"Am hearing the number of Twitter resignations today is likely over 1,000 though unclear as not all are posting their decision," Alex Heath, editor of The Verge, wrote on Twitter.