Given Ruvic | Reuters On Friday, Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk sent a company-wide email to the social media giant’s employees thanking them for working long hours since he took over on Oct. 28. Musk said he had personally stayed at Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco late Thursday night as well. He then invited employees back to the San Francisco office who survived last week’s 50% workforce reduction to visit him.

Beer maker Corona Constellation is ditching dual-class shares for the benefit of investors like us Overnight, Twitter appeared to have discontinued its $7.99/month Twitter Blue subscription service, which allowed users of the social network to pay to get a blue verified subscriber checkmark. Many users abused the new subscriber badge to impersonate brands and famous people who got a blue checkmark through the company’s original verification system. Among the brands represented were Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical giant, video game multinational Nintendo and Tesla, Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company. Two current Twitter employees told CNBC that they were calling colleagues and customers about all the changes to the platform. Someone said Twitter used to make product changes more slowly and carefully, and that’s because they had to balance user behavior, security, and revenue impact. Musk’s new, more experimental approach has many, including advertisers and even the FTC, puzzled. Employees also said they wanted more clarity on the company’s new leave and return-to-the-office policies and that Elon Musk’s e-mail left them with questions. Friday is a national holiday in the US, Veterans Day, and some workers didn’t expect they would have to come in, while others are wondering if they still have approved exemptions that will allow them to continue working from home. Two employees told CNBC that they have not received formal guidance from the company’s human resources department about remote work. This week, Musk told Twitter employees that he was reversing the company’s previous “work from home forever” policy instituted by his personal friend and colleague, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Here’s Elon Musk’s email to Twitter employees on Friday, transcribed by CNBC: By: Elon Musk Date: Nov. 11, 2022 [time stamp removed] To: Twitter Group Sub. Being There (great movie) I was at Twitter HQ again late last night, and I’d like to extend a note of appreciation to those who were there with me, as well as those working remotely, some of whom were even more awake. To confirm, remote work is fine if you can’t reasonably get to the office and you’re performing at an exceptional level. That said, I’m a big believer in esprit de corps and the effectiveness of being physically in the same location. Today I will be in the office again. Stop by the 10th floor if you want to talk about taking Twitter to the next level. Priority is given to short-term actions. Thanks, Elon