Twitter’s Singapore landlord says avian network still a tenant, despite eviction reports

Twitter’s Singapore landlord says the social network is still a tenant at its swank Asia Pacific (APAC) headquarters, as rumors counsel the corporate was evicted for non-payment of hire.

“Twitter has been a tenant of CapitaGreen since 2015, and it remains a tenant of CapitaGreen,” a spokesperson from the constructing’s developer, Capitaland, informed The Register on a Thursday telephone name.

Reports of the eviction appeared on Thursday, some stating that Twitter workers had been walked out of its Singapore workplace early within the morning – even perhaps between 6:00 and seven:00 AM – as a result of the hire hadn’t been paid.

Some reports element workers of the avian network receiving an inside memo on Wednesday night time instructing them to clear their desks and make money working from home till additional discover.

Others have reported that workers already make money working from home, however the workplace stays open.

Did a little bit of chasing on this. My supply says as of yesterday afternoon Twitter’s Singapore workers are WFH, however they weren’t “walked out” by landlords. Building’s reception says Twitter’s workplace is still open however we weren’t ready achieve entry to the ground to substantiate this in particular person. https://t.co/amUoWqRgTV

— Peter Hoskins (@PeterHoskinsTV) January 12, 2023

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The controversy-generating website launched its 22,000 sq. foot Singapore workplace and APAC HQ, designed by structure agency Woods Bagot, in 2015.

At the beginning of 2022, Twitter introduced growth plans for the Singapore outpost.

However, upon Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover, the course of the APAC workplace appeared to alter abruptly. The opening of an enlarged workplace house was cancelled the night time earlier than a deliberate occasion.

Jobs have been reduce, too: simply final week the top of website integrity for APAC and the senior director of income coverage had been let go.

“Workers on teams handling the social network’s misinformation policy, global appeals and state media on the platform were also eliminated,” reported Singapore information outlet The Straits Times.

Accusations of Musk’s Folly not paying hire elsewhere have emerged within the latest previous. A lawsuit from Twitter’s San Francisco landlord filed on the finish of December claimed the platform was within the purple by over $136,000.

In mid-December, The New York Times reported the chook had not paid hire at any of its world workplaces – nor for some personal chartered flights – for weeks. Subsequent reports from the Times alleged cost-cutting measures akin to a datacenter being shut off, janitors and safety guards being let go, and staff pressured to herald their very own bathroom paper.

The Register has sought remark from Twitter and can replace this story if we obtain substantive info, however because the microblogging service has reportedly ditched many communications workers we do not maintain out a lot hope for a response. ®