On Wednesday night, Twitter's new owner sent an email to his workers to prepare them for "tough times ahead" and ban remote work unless he personally approves. Twitter has been under Musk's leadership for almost two weeks, since the October 27 purchase, during which time he has laid off about half of its workforce and most of its top executives. The new boss raised the price of the Twitter Blue subscription to $8 and added user verification. Musk told his employees in the email that he wants subscriptions to account for half of Twitter's revenue. Remote work for his workers was one of the first topics in a general call Musk held with Twitter staff after announcing the deal to buy the company earlier in the year. He then said that he is against remote work and would only grant exceptions on a case-by-case basis.