Elon Musk Tells , Twitter Employees To Embrace , ‘Extremely Hardcore’ Work Ethic or Leave.Since acquiring Twitter at the end of October, Musk has laid off nearly half of the company's employees and sent thousands of contractors packing. .Now, according to 'The Washington Post,' Musk has given his remaining employees an ultimatum for keeping their jobs. .In an email to employees, Musk asked staff to commit to an "extremely hardcore" Twitter from here on out. .He stipulated that part of this work ethic would mean "working long hours at high intensity.".Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade, Elon Musk, via email obtained by 'The Washington Post'.If you are sure that you want to be part of the new Twitter, please click yes on the link below. , Elon Musk, via email obtained by 'The Washington Post'.Those who don't sign the pledge by 5 p.m. EST on Nov. 17 will be fired and given three months of severance pay.In other company news, the rollout of the revised Twitter Blue service has been suspended after it resulted in an influx of impersonators.Engadget reports that according to external data, the subscription service only had about 150,000 active users when it was paused